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Thursday, May 17
Public Health/Disease
Thu, May 17, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Regency Ballroom B
 

Survival of Young Leukemia Patients (304724)

Keshav Pokhrel, University of Michigan - Dearborn 
Taysseer Sharaf, University of Michigan - Dearborn 
Zachary R Smith, University of Michigan - Dearborn 
*Theren Williams, University of Michigan- Dearborn 

Keywords: Cancer, Leukemia, Youth, Survival

With cancer as one of the leading causes of death in the United States, the study of its related data is imperative due to the potential impact on the survival of future and relapsing patients. This poster aims to visualize the SEER research data of reported cancer diagnoses from 1973-2014 for the incidence of leukemia in young (0-19 years) patients from across the United States. We examine the ramification of sequence (number of prior cancers from zero to two) and grade (by cell type), among other variables, on patient’s survivability. An analysis was performed using visualizations and testing for difference between medians and proportion tests for proportion of early deaths (those deceased before four years). The proportion of early deceased patients with one prior cancer was the lowest for those diagnosed at the beginning of study period, whereas it was significantly higher for patients with zero or two prior cancers, then all three levels converging in recent years. The trends reveal a history of patients with one prior cancer having superior survival, but with recent developments in cancer treatments patients are better treated, suggested by the decrease in these early deaths. We continue to examine sequencing with survival modeling to gain broader insights on the consequences of prior cancers on a young leukemia patients survival and potential applications for the future.