Investigating Ethnic Differences in Toxicities of Childhood ALL Therapy
Rawlins Y, Malvar J, Sposto R, Orgel E, Bhojwani D. Investigating Ethnic Differences in Toxicities of Childhood ALL Therapy. Blood 2016, 128: 5989. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.5989.5989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment-related toxicityEvent-free survivalAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaNon-Hispanic patientsHispanic patientsQuality of lifeRisk of relapseCohort of patientsNCI riskHispanic ethnicityRisk factorsCommon Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events versionPredictors of event-free survivalElectronic medical recordsRetrospective chart review of patientsB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCulture-positive bacterial infectionSevere treatment-related toxicityAssociation of patient demographicsInvestigate ethnic differencesPredictive of event-free survivalChart review of patientsIncreased risk of relapseHigh riskMultivariate Cox regression model