Pediatric oncology as the next global child health priority: the need for national childhood cancer strategies in low- and middle-income countries

Dr. Sumit Gupta and colleagues discuss the need for national cancer strategies for children in low- and middle-income countries and suggest how such strategies could be implemented. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2014-06, Vol.11 (6), p.e1001656-e1001656
Main Authors: Gupta, Sumit, Rivera-Luna, Roberto, Ribeiro, Raul C, Howard, Scott C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Cancer
Cancer in children
Cancer therapies
Child
Child Welfare
Children
Children & youth
Developing Countries
Health aspects
Health economics
Health Priorities
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Infrastructure
Leukemia
Low income groups
Management
Medical policy
Medicine and Health Sciences
Monetary incentives
Mortality
Neoplasms - therapy
Oncology
Pediatrics
Policy Forum
Prevention
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Summary:Dr. Sumit Gupta and colleagues discuss the need for national cancer strategies for children in low- and middle-income countries and suggest how such strategies could be implemented. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001656