Background Boys with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have historically experienced
inferior survival compared to girls. This study determined whether sex‐based disparities …

PURPOSE: Whether recent improvements in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) have nullified the adverse prognosis associated with male sex remains …

Black children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have poor outcomes, but limited
information is available for children from other racial and ethnic backgrounds, such as …

Background Epidemiologic studies find sex‐based differences in incidence, survival, and
long‐term outcomes for children with cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine …

Purpose Prior studies have shown poorer survival from childhood acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL) among some minorities compared to non-Hispanic whites (NHW). Here, we …

Despite major advances in acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL] treatment, poorer overall
survival (OS) persists for Black children with ALL compared with White children with ALL …

Background Previous studies have identified racial and ethnic disparities in childhood acute
lymphocytic leukaemia survival. We aimed to establish whether disparities persist in …

PURPOSE: We conducted a historic cohort study to test the hypothesis that, after adjustment
for biologic factors, African-American (AA) children and Spanish surname (SS) children with …

ContextTreatment results for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) clearly have improved over
the past decade, but black children have not fared as well as white children in large national …

PURPOSE In childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), possible
interactions among sex, time, and widely used prognostic factors (age, WBC count, and DNA …