BIPOC Archives

October 3, 2023

Caring for LGBTQIA Patients in Oncology

Navigating the health care system as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or asexual (LGBTQIA) person can be challenging and uncomfortable.

May 31, 2023

ASH 2022: African Americans with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Have Shorter Telomere Lengths

Shorter telomere lengths was found in Americans of African ancestry with CLL compared to those with European ancestry

May 31, 2023

ASH 2022: Persistent Racial/Ethnic, Sex, and Income Disparities in Overall Survival in CLL Patients

Non-Hispanic-Blacks, males, and those with lower incomes with CLL had higher death rates than Non-Hispanic-Whites, Hispanics, females.

February 15, 2023

Disparities According to Genetic Ancestry in the Use of Precision Oncology Assays

While not specifically about chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL / SLL), these results offer some encouraging news regarding cancer care for adults with predominantly African ancestry in terms of their use of genomic testing to help inform their cancer treatments.

November 3, 2022

ASCO 2022: Survival Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated at Academic Centers

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients treated at academic centers live lived longer than those treated at non-academic centers, but the data was confounded by significant demographic and socioeconomic variation between CLL patients treated at Academic Centers and Non-Academic Centers.

October 19, 2022

ASCO 2022: Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities among Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Data

The team at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data to determine how race and socioeconomic status (SES) affect survival for those with CLL. SEER is a free resource of the NIH, specifically the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and is “an authoritative

August 25, 2022

ASCO 2022: Influence of Racial and Ethnic Identity on Overall Survival in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

The Bottom Line: Black CLL patients die sooner than their white counterparts, even when controlling for other risk factors. In addition, the gap in overall survival has not improved between 2004 to 2018.

July 31, 2022

ASH 2021: Dr. Deborah Stephens on Racial Disparities in Telemedicine Uptake During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Patients with Blood Cancers

We discuss results from a study looking at racial disparities in the use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 30, 2022

ASH 2021: Association Between the Leukemia Mortality-to-Incidence Ratio and State Geographic Healthcare Disparities in the United States

hile this abstract presented at ASH 2021 (American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition) was not specific to CLL or chronic lymphocytic leukemia, it did show that where you live profoundly influences your survival odds with leukemia.

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BIPOC

Caring for LGBTQIA Patients in Oncology

ASH 2022: African Americans with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Have Shorter Telomere Lengths

ASH 2022: Persistent Racial/Ethnic, Sex, and Income Disparities in Overall Survival in CLL Patients

Disparities According to Genetic Ancestry in the Use of Precision Oncology Assays

ASCO 2022: Survival Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated at Academic Centers

ASCO 2022: Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities among Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Data

ASCO 2022: Influence of Racial and Ethnic Identity on Overall Survival in Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

ASH 2021: Dr. Deborah Stephens on Racial Disparities in Telemedicine Uptake During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Patients with Blood Cancers

ASH 2021: Association Between the Leukemia Mortality-to-Incidence Ratio and State Geographic Healthcare Disparities in the United States

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