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SCIENCE
Volume 363, Issue 6432, Pages 1182-1186Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw4892
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- American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities
- Bristol Myers Squibb [NCT02992964]
- Roche [NCT02840409]
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Each year similar to 429,000 children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years are expected to develop cancer. Five-year survival rates exceed 80% for the 45,000 children with cancer in high-income countries (HICs) but are less than 30% for the 384,000 children in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Improved survival rates in HICs have been achieved through multidisciplinary care and research, with treatment regimens using mostly generic medicines and optimized risk stratification. Children's outcomes in LMICs can be improved through global collaborative partnerships that help local leaders adapt effective treatments to local resources and clinical needs, as well as address common problems such as delayed diagnosis and treatment abandonment. Together, these approaches may bring within reach the global survival target recently set by the World Health Organization: 60% survival for all children with cancer by 2030.
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