Joining forces for children with cancer in Latin America

The success of AHOPCA in sharing its treatment guidelines for Hodgin's lymphoma with the rest of Latin America, and thereby ensuring that the better treatment reaches more children, proves that transnational collaborations are desired and possible. Because data on the actual incidence of and ou...

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Published in:The lancet oncology 2016-06, Vol.17 (6), p.701-703
Main Authors: Gonzalez-Ramella, Oscar, Freigeiro, Daniel, Castellanos, Mauricio E, Arancibia, Alejandro M, Rodriguez-Galindo, Carlos, Metzger, Monika L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
Health care access
Health risk assessment
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
High income
Low income groups
Lymphoma
Mortality
Transnationalism
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Summary:The success of AHOPCA in sharing its treatment guidelines for Hodgin's lymphoma with the rest of Latin America, and thereby ensuring that the better treatment reaches more children, proves that transnational collaborations are desired and possible. Because data on the actual incidence of and outcome of childhood cancer in Latin America, which could help direct local programs and public health policies, are still lacking, motivated representatives from various Latin American countries collaborated in 2015 to create the Consorcio Latinoamericano de Enfermedades Hemato-oncológicas Pediátricas (CLEHOP), which currently comprises 12 of the largest paediatric oncology centres in six countries (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru) and has plans for including more centres in the future.
ISSN:1470-2045
1474-5488
DOI:10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30133-4