December 8, 2025Blood

Effect of race and socio-economic status in allogeneic STEM cell transplantation. a single center experience.

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Retrospective analysis shows socioeconomic status links to graft-versus-host disease in transplant patients, indicating treatment access issues.

Graft-versus-host disease incidence was linked to socioeconomic status, highlighting inequalities.
Patients with higher poverty rates experienced a 34% cumulative incidence of graft-versus-host disease compared to lower rates.
Observational analysis of 263 patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation at a single center between 2012 and 2023.
These findings underline the necessity for targeted support for socially vulnerable patients post-transplant.

Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Retrospective analysis shows socioeconomic status links to graft-versus-host disease in transplant patients, indicating treatment access issues.