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ArticleNature communications2023

Disentangling age, gender, and racial/ethnic disparities in multiple myeloma burden: a modeling study.

John H Huber, Mengmeng Ji, Yi-Hsuan Shih, Mei Wang, Graham Colditz, Su-Hsin Chang

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John H HuberDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. huber.j.h@wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5245-5187
Mengmeng JiDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-0369
Yi-Hsuan ShihDepartment of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2029-8230
Mei WangDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Graham ColditzDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7307-0291
Su-Hsin ChangDivision of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-9556
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
Comparative modeling of multiple myeloma across myeloma control continuuum: prevention, treatment, and disparity reductionU01CA265735 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHANG, SU-HSIN, WANG, SHIYI · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Addressing racial disparities in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and progression to multiple myeloma from a prevention perspectiveR01CA253475 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHANG, SU-HSIN · 2020 to 2022
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NCI NIH HHS R01 CA253475NCI NIH HHS U01 CA265735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy that is consistently preceded by an asymptomatic condition, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Disparities by age, gender, and race/ethnicity in both MGUS and MM are well-established. However, it remains unclear whether these disparities can be explained by increased incidence of MGUS and/or accelerated progression from MGUS to MM. Here, we fit a mathematical model to nationally representative data from the United States and showed that the difference in MM incidence can be explained by an increased incidence of MGUS among male and non-Hispanic Black populations. We did not find evidence showing differences in the rate of progression from MGUS to MM by either gender or race/ethnicity. Our results suggest that screening for MGUS among high-risk groups (e.g., non-Hispanic Black men) may hold promise as a strategy to reduce the burden and MM health disparities.

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Hematologic NeoplasmsMonoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMultiple MyelomaAsymptomatic DiseasesEthnicityFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHumansMaleRacial GroupsSex Factors

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PMID37730703
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