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Master of Public Health

Pediatric malignancies, treatment outcomes and abandonment of pediatric cancer treatment in Zambia.

AUTHORS

Slone JS , Chunda-Liyoka C , Perez M , Mutalima N , Newton R , Chintu C , Kankasa C , Chipeta J , Heimburger DC , Vermund SH , Friedman DL , . PloS one. 2014 1 1; 9(2). e89102

ABSTRACT

There exist significant challenges to the receipt of comprehensive oncologic treatment for children diagnosed with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. To better define those challenges, we investigated treatment outcomes and risk factors for treatment abandonment in a cohort of children diagnosed with cancer at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), the site of the only pediatric oncology ward in Zambia.

There exist significant challenges to the receipt of comprehensive oncologic treatment for children diagnosed with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. To better define those challenges, we investigated treatment outcomes and risk factors for treatment abandonment in a cohort of children diagnosed with cancer at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), the site of the only pediatric oncology ward in Zambia.

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