The value of reporting on end-of-treatment outcome of patients in low-income settings

The value of reporting on end-of-treatment outcome of patients in low-income settingsTrijn Israels MD PhD1,2, Ramandeep Singh Arora DCH, MD3, Lillian Sung MD PhD41 Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research (CANCaRe Africa), 2 Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, 3 Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India, 4 Sick Children’s Hospital, Toronto, CanadaCorresponding author:Dr Trijn Israels, CANCaRe Africa, Department of Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KuHES), Blantyre, Malawi. Email: cancareafrica@gmail.comWord count: 1256 wordsNumber of Tables: 0Number of Figures: 0Short running title: End-of-treatment outcome reportingKey words: childhood cancer, survival, LIC, indicatorsLIC Low-income countryHIC High-income countryGICC Global Initiative for Childhood CancerEFS Event-free survivalOS Overall survivalTRM Treatment related mortalityDRM Disease related mortalityCANCaRe Africa Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research