Addressing the childhood cancer crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
Lancet Oncol
.
2023 Jul;24(7):729-732.
doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00173-0.
Authors
Joseph Lubega
1
,
Lulu Chirande
2
,
Barnabas Atwine
3
,
Alan Davidson
4
,
Heronima J Kashaigili
5
,
Aimable Kanyamuhunga
6
,
Robert K Langat
7
,
Deogratias Munube
8
,
Rizine Mzikamanda
9
,
Ruth Namazzi
10
,
Irene Nzamu
11
,
Anne Akullo
12
,
Carl Allen
1
,
Julie M Gastier-Foster
1
,
Marilyn Hockenberry
1
,
Nmazuo Ozuah
1
,
Peter Wasswa
1
,
Rachel Smith
13
,
Kristi Wilson-Lewis
13
,
David G Poplack
14
Affiliations
1
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
2
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
3
Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
4
University of Cape Town, Red Cross War Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
5
Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania.
6
University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda.
7
Princess Marina National Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana.
8
Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
9
Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi.
10
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
11
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
12
Joint Clinical Research Center, Kampala, Uganda.
13
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Texas, USA.
14
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: DPOPLACK@texaschildrens.org.
PMID:
37414010
DOI:
10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00173-0
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Child
Humans
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Neoplasms* / therapy