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The impact of race and ethnicity on outcomes of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: a population-based analysis
- Source :
- Leukemialymphoma. 63(7)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Race and ethnic backgrounds affect the disease characteristics and clinical outcomes in many cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia; however, the association of race/ethnicity on myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is still controversial. Therefore, we aimed to study the impact of race/ethnicity on the disease characteristics and survival outcomes in patients with MDS. Adult patients with MDS diagnosed in 2004-2016 were selected using the SEER database. Race/ethnicity was categorized as non-Hispanic White (NHW), non-Hispanic Black (NHB), and Hispanic. Hispanic and NHB patients had significantly lower incidence rate ratio (IRR) in age group ≥01 years (
Details
- ISSN :
- 10292403
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Leukemialymphoma
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94de3c29782108c8e3e9705e91f3c65a