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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2025

Socioeconomic background and childhood cancer survival in Germany: A nationwide assessment based on data from the German Childhood Cancer Registry.

Maike Wellbrock, Arndt Borkhardt, Cécile M Ronckers, Claudia Spix, Desiree Grabow, Anna-Liesa Filbert, Daniel Wollschläger, Friederike Erdmann

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  2. Social inequalities in cancer in Germany: a call to action.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026
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Maike WellbrockResearch Group Aetiology and Inequalities in Childhood Cancer, Division of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5885-7002
Arndt BorkhardtDepartment of Paediatric Oncology, Haematology and Clinical Immunology, Heinrich Heine University, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Cécile M RonckersDivision of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology/German Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Claudia SpixDivision of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology/German Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Desiree GrabowDivision of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology/German Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Anna-Liesa FilbertDivision of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology/German Childhood Cancer Registry, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Daniel WollschlägerDivision of Epidemiological Methodology and Radiation Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Friederike ErdmannResearch Group Aetiology and Inequalities in Childhood Cancer, Division of Childhood Cancer Epidemiology, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9982-3300

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Abstract

Social inequalities in childhood cancer survival have been observed in many countries, including European nations with universal healthcare systems, suggesting that not all children with cancer have benefited equally from diagnostic and therapeutic enhancements. Despite the growing socioeconomic diversity within Germany's large population, little is known about the extent of social inequalities in German childhood cancer survival. Using German Childhood Cancer Registry data, we identified all children with a cancer diagnosis before the age of 15 years in 1997-2016 in Germany (N = 35,443). Based on individual residential address information (at time of diagnosis) we applied the German Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation (GISD) to measure area-based socioeconomic status. Using Cox proportional hazards models, we assessed the association between absolute area-based socioeconomic deprivation (AASD) and 10-year overall survival (OS) (end of follow-up: 15 January 2023) to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). The multivariable analyses revealed a null association for AASD and 10-year OS for all cancers combined (HR

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NeoplasmsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGermanyHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesSocial ClassSocioeconomic Factorschildhood cancer survivalGermany Childhood Cancer Registrysocial inequalitiessocioeconomic deprivation

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