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Cappellano A, Gorostegui M, Gonzalez-Ramella O, Filho NPC, Valencia D, Chantada L, Sampor C, Serrano MJ, Macedo C, Ramirez O, Sardinas S, Lezcano E, Calderón P, Gamboa Y, Fu L, Gómez W, Schelotto M, Ugaz C, Lobos P, Aguiar SDS, Moreno K, Palma J, Sánchez G, Moschella F, Gassant PYH, Velasquez T, Quintero K, Moreno F, Villarroel M, Fuentes Alabi S, Vasquez L, Challinor J, Chantada GL. International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Global Mapping Programme: Latin American Society of Pediatric Oncology (SLAOP) country-level report. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:e30973. [PMID: 38556746 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Latin American countries are improving childhood cancer care, showing strong commitment to implement the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, but there are scant publications of the situation at a continental level. METHODS As part of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Global Mapping project, delegates of each country participating in the Latin American Society of Pediatric Oncology (SLAOP) and chairs of national pediatric oncology societies and cooperative groups were invited to provide information regarding availability of national pediatric cancer control programs (NPCCP), pediatric oncology laws, pediatric oncology tumor registries, and training programs and support to diagnosis and treatment. RESULTS Nineteen of the 20 countries participating in SLAOP responded. National delegates reported nine countries with NPCCP and four of them were launched in the past 5 years. National pediatric tumor registries are available in eight countries, and three provided published survival results. Fellowship programs for training pediatric oncologists are available in 12 countries. National delegates reported that eight countries provide support to most essential diagnosis and treatments and 11 provide partial or minimal support that is supplemented by civil society organizations. Seven countries have a pediatric oncology law. There are three international cooperative groups and four national societies for pediatric oncology. CONCLUSION Despite many challenges, there were dramatic advances in survivorship, access to treatment, and availability of NPCCP in Latin America. Countries with highest social development scores in general provide more complete support and are more likely to have NPCCP, training programs, and reported survival results.
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- Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, IMAT Oncomedica AUNA, Monteria, Hospital Universitario de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Institute of Pediatric Oncology (IOP/GRAACC), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital del Niño Dr Ovidio Aliaga Uria, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Hospital Central Del Instituto de Previsión Social (IPS), Asunción, Paraguay
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- Oncology Unit, National Children's Hospital, San José, Costa Rica
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- Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- National Cancer Institute-INCART, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Perú
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- Hospital Dr Luis Calvo Mackenna, Santiago, Chile
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- Hospital Universitario Dr Luis Razetti, Barcelona Edo Anzoategui, Barcelona, Venezuela
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- Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediátrica (UNOP), Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- Children's Hospital Dr Jose Renan Esquivel, Panama City, Panama
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- Hospital Nacional de Ninos Benjamin Bloom y Centro Medico Ayudame a Vivir, San Salvador, El Salvador
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- Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Unit of Noncommunicable Diseases, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Pereira Rosell Fundación Perez-Scremini, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Chantada L, Gorostegui M, Lowe J, Ranasinghe N, Villegas L, Geel J, Howard S, Bouffet E, Chantada G, Challinor J, Cappellano A. SIOP pediatric oncology services Global Mapping Program: Latin American data collection. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:e30796. [PMID: 38054692 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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The International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) launched a program to map all pediatric cancer facilities around the world. After the results in Africa were completed, the strategy for data collection for Latin America was revised to improve the accuracy and avoid duplications. In partnership with SIOP, the Sociedad Latino Americana de Oncología Pediátrica (SLAOP) approached their delegates who provided the contacts for a 10-question survey about their institutional capacities. Data were collected by email, online meetings, or telephone calls, and stored in a secure platform. All but one country participated and a high number of centers were recorded.
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- Luisa Chantada
- Service of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- Resonance, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona (PCCB), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
- Fundación Perez-Scremini, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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