Does socioeconomic status account for racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival?

ConclusionsSES significantly mediates racial/ethnic childhood cancer survival disparities for several cancers. However, the proportion of the total race/ethnicity –survival association explained by SES varies between black‐white and Hispanic‐white comparisons for some cancers, and this suggests that mediation by other factors differs across groups.

Source: Cancer - November 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Rebecca D. Kehm, Logan G. Spector, Jenny N. Poynter, David M. Vock, Sean F. Altekruse, Theresa L. Osypuk Tags: Original Article Source Type: research