Ethnic and border differences on blood cancer presentation and outcomes: A Texas population-based study.
Alfonso E Bencomo-AlvarezMayra A GonzalezAndres J RubioIdaly M OlivasJoshua J LaraOsvaldo PadillaAttilio OraziJavier CorralAlexander PhilipovskiySumit GaurZuber D MullaAlok K DwivediAnna M EiringPublished in: Cancer (2020)
Hispanic ethnicity and border proximity were associated with a poor presentation and an adverse prognosis despite the younger age of diagnosis. Future studies should explore differences in disease biology and treatment strategies that could drive these regional disparities.