Environmental health disparities in pediatric cancer: a report from the Fourth Symposium on Childhood Cancer Health Disparities

Thanh T. Hoang; Zdenko Herceg; Don W. Coulter; Adam de Smith; Manish Arora; William E. Funk; David Haynes; Stephen H. Linder; Leticia M. Nogueira; Amy E. Hughes; Lindsay A. Williams; Jeremy M. Schraw; Michael E. Scheurer; Philip J. Lupo

doi:10.1080/08880018.2025.2479479

Environmental health disparities in pediatric cancer: a report from the Fourth Symposium on Childhood Cancer Health Disparities

Thanh T. Hoang^*, Zdenko Herceg, Don W. Coulter, Adam de Smith, Manish Arora, William E. Funk, David Haynes, Stephen H. Linder, Leticia M. Nogueira, Amy E. Hughes, Lindsay A. Williams, Jeremy M. Schraw, Michael E. Scheurer, Philip J. Lupo

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Abstract

The 4th Symposium on Childhood Cancer Health Disparities was held at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, on September 26, 2023. The symposium registered 94 attendees from different backgrounds (e.g. clinicians, epidemiologists, exposure assessment scientists, geospatial experts) with an interest in environmental health disparities of pediatric cancer susceptibility and treatment outcomes. The focus of the symposium was to provide an overview of the role of environmental risk factors in studies of pediatric cancer, introduce novel exposure assessment tools that can be applied to the field, and highlight opportunities to study the impact of environmental health disparities in pediatric cancer susceptibility and outcomes. This report summarizes the scientific content of the symposium and highlights priorities to advance the field.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	186-203
Number of pages	18
Journal	Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2025.2479479
State	Published - 2025

Funding

for the Symposium was provided by Northwestern Mutual Foundation. We are thankful for the generous continued support for the symposium provided by Northwestern Mutual Foundation, and specifically to Audra Brennan and Jodi Nolte for their contributions to the program committee. We are also grateful to Texas Children\u2019s Hospital for hosting the event, and to Dr. Susan Blaney, Director of the Texas Children\u2019s Cancer Center for her continued support of cancer health disparities research and this important symposium. We would like to specifically thank the following people for their assistance with the organization of the symposium: Lashon Cooper, and Edrea Gonzales. Without their dedication to this event, it would not have been the success it was. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the sponsoring institutions.

Keywords

Environmental exposures
etiology
health policy
pediatric oncology
treatment outcomes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Hematology
Oncology

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Hoang, T. T., Herceg, Z., Coulter, D. W., de Smith, A., Arora, M., Funk, W. E., Haynes, D., Linder, S. H., Nogueira, L. M., Hughes, A. E., Williams, L. A., Schraw, J. M., Scheurer, M. E., & Lupo, P. J. (2025). Environmental health disparities in pediatric cancer: a report from the Fourth Symposium on Childhood Cancer Health Disparities. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 42(3), 186-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/08880018.2025.2479479

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