Abstract:Socioeconomic factors such as income and community type have shown to correlate with outcomes in neuro-oncologic care. In pediatric populations, however, fewer conclusions have been drawn on the effects of factors such as race, gender, and insurance status on survival due to the relative rarity of such cases. This analysis utilizes the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program database to determine differences in factors influencing survival in both pediatric and adu… Show more
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