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Editorial
. 2023 Oct 3;25(10):1852-1853.
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad127.

Social determinants of health: A forgotten risk factor for neurocognition in pediatric brain tumor survivors

Matthew D Hall  1   2 , Rupesh Kotecha  1   2
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Editorial

Social determinants of health: A forgotten risk factor for neurocognition in pediatric brain tumor survivors

Matthew D Hall et al. Neuro Oncol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

M. Hall: Honorarium from Ion Beam Applications; research support from the Live Like Bella Pediatric Research Initiative, Florida Department of Health, Grants 8LA04 and 22L01. R. Kotecha: Honoraria from Accuray Inc., Elekta AB, ViewRay Inc., Novocure Inc., Elsevier Inc., Brainlab, Kazia Therapeutics, Castle Biosciences, Ion Beam Applications; institutional research funding from Medtronic Inc., Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd., Novocure, Inc., GT Medical Technologies, AstraZeneca, Exelixis, ViewRay, Inc., Brainlab, Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Kazia Therapeutics, and Ion Beam Applications.

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