2023
Loss to follow‐up of minorities, adolescents, and young adults on clinical trials: A report from the Children's Oncology Group
Puthenpura V, Ji L, Xu X, Roth M, Freyer D, Frazier A, Marks A, Pashankar F. Loss to follow‐up of minorities, adolescents, and young adults on clinical trials: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer 2023, 129: 1547-1556. PMID: 36813754, PMCID: PMC10357561, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical trial participantsNon-Hispanic blacksTrial participantsHazard ratioOncology GroupClinical trialsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelsCox proportional hazards regression modelChildren's Oncology Group trialsProportional hazards regression modelsYoung adultsAdjusted hazard ratioChildren's Oncology GroupLong-term complicationsLong-term outcomesLog-rank testHazards regression modelsPediatric clinical trialsCancer clinical trial participantsLow socioeconomic status areasLong-term survivalEthnic minority patientsQuality of lifeLow socioeconomic statusNon-Hispanic whitesRisk of early death in adolescents and young adults with cancer: a population-based study
Berkman A, Andersen C, Hildebrandt M, Livingston J, Green A, Puthenpura V, Peterson S, Milam J, Miller K, Freyer D, Roth M. Risk of early death in adolescents and young adults with cancer: a population-based study. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 447-455. PMID: 36682385, PMCID: PMC10086632, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous system tumorsNervous system tumorsEarly deathHematologic malignanciesSolid tumorsCancer typesInsurance statusSystem tumorsYoung adultsEnd Results registrySocioeconomic statusPopulation-based studyLow socioeconomic statusSupportive careHigh riskSociodemographic factorsAYAsTumorsHealth systemMalignancyCancerDeathRiskDeath percentageDiagnosis
2021
Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic survival disparities in adolescents and young adults with primary central nervous system tumors
Puthenpura V, Canavan ME, Poynter JN, Roth M, Pashankar FD, Jones BA, Marks AM. Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic survival disparities in adolescents and young adults with primary central nervous system tumors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2021, 68: e28970. PMID: 33704901, PMCID: PMC8221084, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazard of deathCentral nervous system tumorsNervous system tumorsRace/ethnicitySocioeconomic statusSystem tumorsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelNon-Hispanic black patientsNon-Hispanic white patientsPrimary central nervous system tumorsCox proportional hazards modelEnd Results (SEER) databaseRetrospective cohort studyPrimary CNS tumorsYoung adult patientsNeuro-oncology patientsProportional hazards modelLowest SES tertileLow socioeconomic statusNHB patientsAYA patientsHazard ratioNHW patientsAdult patientsCohort study