The impact of environmental contaminants, air pollution, and social deprivation on childhood leukemia survival in California
High cumulative community burden, especially social deprivation, was associated with reduced survival of childhood ALL and AML, while high levels of PM2.5 and ozone were associated with reduced survival in specific ALL subtypes.
Authors
- Eric Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8053-0420)
- Alice Y. Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8455-3481)
- Libby M. Morimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1509-739X)
- Lena E. Winestone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9982-1594)
- Fernando Hernandez
- Catherine Metayer
Institutions
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
- Berkeley Public Health Division (US)
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1686115
- Primary Topic
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kaiser Permanente