The value of reporting on end-of-treatment outcome of patients in low-income settings

Trijn Israels^{1

2}, Ramandeep Singh Arora³, Lillian Sung⁴

Affiliations

¹ Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research (CANCaRe Africa), Blantyre, Malawi.
² Department of Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
³ Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Trijn Israels et al. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;70(12):e30686.

doi: 10.1002/pbc.30686. Epub 2023 Sep 20.

Trijn Israels^{1

2}, Ramandeep Singh Arora³, Lillian Sung⁴

¹ Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research (CANCaRe Africa), Blantyre, Malawi.
² Department of Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
³ Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: LMIC; childhood cancer; indicators; survival.

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