The Greatest Healthcare Disparity: Addressing Inequities in the Treatment of Childhood Central Nervous System Tumors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg
; 48: 1-19, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
The antithesis between childhood cancer survival rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and high-income countries (HIC) represents one of healthcare's most significant disparities. In HICs, the 5-year survival rate for children with cancer, including most brain tumors, exceeds 80%. Unfortunately, children in LMICs experience far worse outcomes with 5-year survival rates as low as 20%. To address inequities in the treatment of childhood cancer and disease burden globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer. Within this initiative, pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG) represents a unique opportunity for the neurosurgical community to directly contribute to a paradigm shift in the survival outcomes of children in LMICs, as many of these tumors can be managed with surgical resection alone. In this chapter, we discuss the burden of pediatric LGG and outline actions the neurosurgical community might consider to improve survival for children with LGG in LMICs.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Neoplasias del Sistema Nervioso Central
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Glioma
Límite:
Child
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg
Año:
2023
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos