Ethnicity associated with survival outcomes in patients
with multiple myeloma
A retrospective study of data from the Texas Cancer Registry
involving Hispanic and non-Hispanic patients with multiple myeloma found that
shorter overall survival was linked to Hispanic ethnicity, and a higher
likelihood of mortality was seen in non-Hispanic Black patients compared with
white patients who were non-Hispanic. The findings presented at a meeting of
the Society of Hematologic Oncology also showed that Hispanic patients had
lower likelihood of undergoing transplant compared with those who were
non-Hispanic.
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