About The Study: In this study of 37,000 patients with pediatric head and neck cancer, significant decreases in receipt of care and survival time were observed with increasing social determinants of health vulnerability.
Authors: Jeff C. Rastatter, M.D., M.S., of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and David J. Fei-Zhang, B.A., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, are the corresponding authors.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.0016)
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