Sociodemographic disparities in chemotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplantation utilization among adult acute lymphoblastic and acute myeloid leukemia patients

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 4; p. e0174760
• Main Authors: Jabo, Brice, Morgan, John W, Martinez, Maria Elena, Ghamsary, Mark, Wieduwilt, Matthew J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 06.04.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute myelocytic leukemia; Acute myeloid leukemia; Acute promyeloid leukemia; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Analysis; Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Arches; Autografts; Availability; Binary data; Blood; Breast cancer; Cadmium; Cancer; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Census; Census of Population; Cervical cancer; Cervix; Chemotherapy; Classification; Clinical trials; Colon; Colorectal carcinoma; Combined Modality Therapy; Complications; Computation; Computer programs; Conditioning; Constrictions; Control; Demography; Diagnosis; Diseases; Donors; Epidemiology; Estimates; Ethnic factors; Ethnicity; Female; Females; Government programs; Health care; Health care disparities; Health risk assessment; Health surveillance; Hematology; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Hispanic people; Historical account; Humans; Incidence; Income; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - drug therapy; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - therapy; Lymphatic leukemia; Male; Males; Marital status; Medicaid; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Myeloid leukemia; Older people; Oncology; People and Places; Population studies; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - drug therapy; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma - therapy; Promyeloid leukemia; Public health; Radiation; Radiation therapy; Receiving; Rectum; Regression analysis; Risk; Social Class; Social Sciences; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomics; Statistics; Stem cell transplantation; Stem cells; Studies; Transplantation; Transplants & implants; Utilization; Young Adult; California; La Jolla California; United States > US; Loma Linda California

Identifying sociodemographic disparities in chemotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) utilization for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may improve survival for underserved populations. In this study, we incorporate neighborhood socioeconomic status...