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ReviewCancer2014

Genomics of racial and ethnic disparities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Joshua Yew-Suang Lim, Smita Bhatia, Leslie L Robison, Jun J Yang

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Review in Cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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80citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Interplay between Genetic Ancestry, Self-reported Race and Ethnicity, and Clinical Factors in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A REDIAL Consortium Report.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joshua Yew-Suang LimDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Smita Bhatia
Leslie L Robison
Jun J Yang
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USCity of Hope · US

Funding

PAARK4Kids-Pharmacogenomics of Anticancer Agents Research in ChildrenU01GM092666 · NIGMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI RELLING, MARY V · 2010 to 2014
$8.9M
Pharmacogenomics of Racial Disparities in Childhood Leukemia OutcomesRC4CA156449 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI RELLING, MARY V · 2010 to 2010
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS RC4 CA156449NCI NIH HHS RC4CA156449NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM092666NIGMS NIH HHS U01GM92666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the cure rates of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have improved dramatically in the past 40 years, not all children have benefited equally from this impressive progress. Racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence and treatment outcome of childhood ALL persist, with Hispanic children having an elevated risk of developing ALL and one of the lowest survival rates after ALL therapy. A critical barrier to progress is the lack of an understanding of the causes of ALL disparities, particularly racial and ethnic differences in ALL biology. In this review, the authors summarize the current knowledge on population variation in childhood ALL incidence and treatment outcome, discuss the contributing genetic and nongenetic variables, and highlight possible therapeutic interventions to mitigate disparities in ALL.

Indexed as

ChildEthnicityGenomicsHumansPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaSurvival Ratechildhooddisparityethnicitygenomicsleukemiarace

Identifiers

PMID24382716
PMCPMC4015138
OpenAlexW1541521552

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