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
2020
Re: A multicentre retrospective cohort study of ovarian germ cell tumours: Evidence for chemotherapy de-escalation and alignment of paediatric and adult practice
Pashankar F, Frazier AL. Re: A multicentre retrospective cohort study of ovarian germ cell tumours: Evidence for chemotherapy de-escalation and alignment of paediatric and adult practice. European Journal Of Cancer 2020, 130: 265-266. PMID: 32178968, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.01.022.Peer-Reviewed Original Research