Unequal access: Hispanic children rarely get top-notch care for brain tumors

Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 17:49 in Health & Medicine

Hispanic children diagnosed with brain tumors get high-quality treatment at hospitals that specialize in neurosurgery far less often than other children with the same condition, potentially compromising their immediate prognosis and long-term survival, according to research from Johns Hopkins published in October's Pediatrics.

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