Socioeconomic position and maintenance therapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A national cohort study.

Line Hjøllund PedersenAnna ØstergaardVictoria Bank Jacob NerstingRuta TuckuvienePeder Skov WehnerBirgitte Klug Albertsen Matilda DegnBodil Elise Thorhauge Als-NielsenHanne Baekgaard Larsen Kjeld SchmiegelowSusanne Oksbjerg Dalton

Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2021)

These results indicate that inferior physician compliance to protocol recommendations on drug dosage rather than families' adherence to therapy may contribute to the association between socioeconomic position and cure rates in childhood ALL, although precise mechanisms remain to be explored.

Keyphrases

acute lymphoblastic leukemia
primary care
emergency department
randomized controlled trial
young adults
stem cells
quality improvement
clinical practice
metabolic syndrome
acute myeloid leukemia
drug induced