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English

Publication Date

4-1-2025

Journal

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

DOI

10.1080/08880018.2025.2479479

PMID

40110606

Abstract

The 4th Symposium on Childhood Cancer Health Disparities was held at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas, on September 26, 2023. The symposium registered 94 attendees from different backgrounds (e.g. clinicians, epidemiologists, exposure assessment scientists, geospatial experts) with an interest in environmental health disparities of pediatric cancer susceptibility and treatment outcomes. The focus of the symposium was to provide an overview of the role of environmental risk factors in studies of pediatric cancer, introduce novel exposure assessment tools that can be applied to the field, and highlight opportunities to study the impact of environmental health disparities in pediatric cancer susceptibility and outcomes. This report summarizes the scientific content of the symposium and highlights priorities to advance the field.

Keywords

Humans, Neoplasms, Child, Environmental Health, Health Status Disparities, Environmental Exposure, Texas, Risk Factors, Female, Male, Healthcare Disparities, Environmental exposures, etiology, health policy, pediatric oncology, treatment outcomes

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