Jessica Bate

Ethnicity and childhood cancer survival We need high quality data to analyse outcomes Evidence suggests ethnic inequalities in cancer outcomes among children in the UK. A study of children with cancer between 1981 and 1996 showed no signif...

Survival rates for children with cancer are improving - but evidence suggests there are ethnic inequalities.

📊 To fix this, @uhsft.bsky.social's @jessicabate.bsky.social is calling for better data on ethnicity to improve outcomes.

She explains more in @bmj.com 👇
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Ethnicity and childhood cancer survival We need high quality data to analyse outcomes Evidence suggests ethnic inequalities in cancer outcomes among children in the UK. A study of children with cancer between 1981 and 1996 showed no signif...

Read our editorial on ethnicity and childhood cancer survival @bmj.com We need better data to analyse outcomes. @rgfeltbower.bsky.social @neil-r.bsky.social doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

Research sandpit event Friday 7 March for parents & children and young people with experience of cancer to talk about central lines. Near Kings Cross station, London. Come along and share your views! Travel expenses provided. Contact info@cclg.org #ppi @cclguk.bsky.social

@ethnichealthres.bsky.social So important to collect equality monitoring data. How do we know what the gaps are unless the right questions are asked? Children must be included too. @cclguk.bsky.social #equalityinresearchmatters