Healthcare utilization disparities among children with high-risk neuroblastoma treated on Children's Oncology Group clinical trials.
Jamie ShoagYimei LiKelly D GetzYuan-Shung V HuangMatt HallArlene NaranjoTroy RichardsonAmi V DesaiPuja J UmaretiyaRahela Aziz-BoseColleen A KellyDaniel J ZhengHaley M NewmanStacey ZahlerRichard AplencRochelle BagatellKira O BonaPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2024)
Children of Hispanic ethnicity with HRNBL receiving clinical trial-delivered therapy were more likely to experience ICU-level care compared to NHW children. These data suggest that further investigation of treatment-related toxicity as a modifiable mechanism underlying outcome disparities is warranted.