A Sunnier Forecast But Still Some Clouds: Trends in Pediatric Cancer Care in Florida from 1981-2020.
Peter H Shaw MD,1 Jonathan L Metts MD,1 Ernest K Amankwah PhD,2 Don E Eslin MD,3 Scott M Bradfield MD,4William B Slayton MD,5 Brian Hays,6Brian Calkins,7 Craig A MacArthur MD, PhD,8 Juan F Rico MD,9 Julio C Barredo MD,10 Amy A Smith MD,11Iftikhar Hanif MD,12 Hector Rodriguez-Cortes MD,13 Ramamoorthy Nagasubramanian MD,14 Jeffrey P Krischer PhD.15
Affiliations : 1Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL,2Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, Tampa, FL, 4Nemour’s Children’s Health, Jacksonville, FL, 5 Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL. 6Health Informatics Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL,7FAPTP-Florida Pediatric NCORP, Tampa, FL,8Division of Hematology/Oncology, Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, Lee Health System, Ft. Myers, FL,9Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, 10Department of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL,11Arnold Palmer Hospital Haley Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders, Orlando, FL, 12Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, FL,13Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL,14Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Children’s Health, Orlando, FL, 15Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
Corresponding Author :
Peter H. Shaw, MD
Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology 601 5th St South Ste 302 St. Petersburg, FL
(727)767-4176 pshaw7@jhmi.edu
Word count : Abstract – 249 words; Main Text – 2,219 words
Figures : 6
Running Title : Trends in pediatric cancer care in Florida
Keywords : pediatric cancer, cancer incidence, clinical trial enrollment
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