article · Pediatric Blood & Cancer

The feasibility of implementing Toronto childhood cancer stage guidelines and estimating the impact on outcome for childhood cancers in seven pediatric oncology units in sub‐Saharan Africa. A study from the Franco‐African Pediatric Oncology Group

Brenda Mallon
Aléine Budiongo
Line Couitchéré
Rolande Kaboré
Catherine Patte
Angel Pondy
Tankélé Arsène Dackono
Fatou Binetou Akonde
Mbolanirina Lala Rakotomahefa Narison
Eva Steliarova‐Foucher
Francis Diedhiou
Jacqueline Clavel

20236 citationsOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

Abstract

Except for ALL and brain tumors, we demonstrated feasibility of TG implementation for childhood solid cancers in participating POUs in SSA, and provided a baseline assessment of childhood cancer outcomes against which future stage distribution and survival can be measured as timelines of diagnosis improve over time within the GFAOP network.

Research topics

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

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DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30664

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