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 MallonRolande KaboréCouitchéré Guéi Line SylvieFatou Binetou AkondeMbolanirina Lala Rakotomahefa NarisonAléine BudiongoTankélé Arsène DackonoAngel PondyFrancis DiedhiouCatherine PatteEva Steliarova-FoucherJacqueline ClavelPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2023)
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.