Racial and ethnic differences in the utilization of autologous transplantation for lymphoma in the United States
Vaughn J, Soroka O, Epperla N, Safford M, Pinheiro L. Racial and ethnic differences in the utilization of autologous transplantation for lymphoma in the United States. Cancer Medicine 2021, 10: 7330-7338. PMID: 34469069, PMCID: PMC8525101, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutologous hematopoietic cell transplantationNon-Hispanic black patientsHematopoietic cell transplantationNon-Hispanic white patientsDisease-specific factorsBlack patientsWhite patientsLymphoma patientsNon-Hispanic black race/ethnicityEthnic disparitiesPopulation-based cohort studyBlack race/ethnicityCox proportional hazards modelEnd Results (SEER) dataNon-Hodgkin lymphomaPopulation-based dataProportional hazards modelEthnic differencesReceipt of transplantRace/ethnicityCohort studyPrimary outcomeAutologous transplantCell transplantationAutologous transplantationRacial disparities in the survival of patients with indolent non‐Hodgkin lymphomas in the United States
Vaughn J, Spies D, Xavier A, Epperla N. Racial disparities in the survival of patients with indolent non‐Hodgkin lymphomas in the United States. American Journal Of Hematology 2021, 96: 816-822. PMID: 33864695, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndolent non-Hodgkin lymphomaSurvival of patientsHighest excess mortality ratesYoung black patientsBlack patientsNon-Hodgkin lymphomaExcess mortality ratesRelative survivalWhite patientsRacial disparitiesMortality rateExcess deathsLymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström macroglobulinemiaFlexible parametric survival modelsAmerican Indians/Alaska NativesMarginal zone lymphomaAsian/Pacific IslandersSignificant racial differencesPaucity of dataAdult patientsDisease histologyPrimary outcomeParametric survival modelsMultivariable analysisWaldenström's macroglobulinemia