Angom, Racheal

Balagadde-Kambugu, Joyce

Chantada, Guillermo

Desjardins, Laurence

Diouf, Mame Ndella

Elayadi, Moatasem

Fabian, Ido Didi

Geel, Jennifer A.

Hessissen, Laila

Israels, Trijn

Kouya, Francine

Lusobya, Rebecca Claire

Paintsil, Vivian

Turner, Suzanne D.

Van Heerden, Jaques

Abstract: Limited survival data for the six Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) priority cancers are available in Africa. Management of pediatric malignancies in Africa is challenging due to lack of resources, setting-specific comorbidities, high rates of late presentation and treatment abandonment. Reporting of outcome data is problematic due to the lack of registries. With the aim of evaluating the feasibility of baseline outcomes for the six index cancers, we present a descriptive analysis of respective survival rates in Africa. The survival rates were between 18% (lower middle-income countries) to 82.3% (upper middle-income countries) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, between 26.9% (low-income countries) to 77.9% (upper middle-income countries) for nephroblastoma, between 23% (low-income countries) to 100% (upper middle-income countries), for retinoblastoma, 45% (low-income countries) to 95% (upper middle-income countries) for Hodgkin lymphoma and 28% (low-income countries) to 76% (upper middle-income countries) for Burkitt lymphoma. Solutions to improve survival rates and reported outcomes include establishing and funding sustainable registries, training and to actively include all countries in consortia from different African regions

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Evaluating the baseline survival outcomes of the "six Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer index cancers" in Africa

Evaluating the baseline survival outcomes of the "six Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer index cancers" in Africa

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