Management of children with Wilms tumor in Africa and Europe; Thoughts about costs, priorities and collaboration

TY - JOUR

T1 - Management of children with Wilms tumor in Africa and Europe; Thoughts about costs, priorities and collaboration

AU - Israels, T.

AU - Bailey, S.

AU - Verschoor, R.

AU - Kaspers, G. J.L.

AU - Kennedy, N.

AU - Molyneux, E. M.

N1 - Funding Information: The Malawi team initiated and participates in the SIOP Africa/PODC collaborative Wilms tumor project. This regional collaborative project aims to increase survival of children with Wilms tumor in the nine participating institutes in line with the principles discussed above. The initiative is supported financially by World Child Cancer, the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) and the Dutch childhood cancer parents’ organization. An adapted consensus treatment guideline is implemented in the participating institutions with emphasis on social support to enable parents to complete treatment, adequate supportive care and reliable ultrasonography. The Wilms tumor example described above demonstrates how treatment developments in the resource rich world can be applied in a resource and infrastructure appropriate yet effective way in a low-income setting and may be used as a model for other tumor types. We hope these efforts will strengthen the local multidisciplinary teams and positively impact other aspects of childhood cancer and general pediatric care.

PY - 2014/8

Y1 - 2014/8

KW - Adapted treatment regimens

KW - Africa

KW - Cost efficiency analysis

KW - Low income countries

KW - Nephroblastoma

KW - Twinnig

KW - Wilms tumor

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84904859796

U2 - 10.3109/08880018.2014.924611

DO - 10.3109/08880018.2014.924611

M3 - Article

C2 - 25006872

AN - SCOPUS:84904859796

SN - 0888-0018

VL - 31

SP - 395

EP - 399

JO - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

JF - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

IS - 5

ER -