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

Cost effectiveness of support with out-of-pockets costs to prevent treatment abandonment in Malawi and sub-Saharan Africa; lessons learnt and the way forward – a report from CANCaRe Africa Junious Sichali1, Avi Denburg2, Harriet Khofi3, Cecilia Mdoka1, Deborah Nyirenda4, Yamikani Chimalizeni3, George Chagaluka3, Elizabeth Molyneux3, Marc Y. R. Henrion4,5, Sumit Gupta2, Trijn Israels11 Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and Research (CANCaRe Africa), 2Division of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada,3 Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS), Blantyre, Malawi, 4 Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, 5Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UKCorresponding author:Dr Trijn Israels, CANCaRe Africa, Department of Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KuHES), Blantyre, Malawi. Email: cancareafrica@gmail.comWord count: 1189 wordsNumber of Tables: 0Number of Figures: 0Short running title: Cost-effectiveness of treatment abandonment preventionKey words: childhood cancer, treatment abandonment, cost-effectiveness,LMIC Low- and middle-income countryGICC Global Initiative for Childhood CancerCANCaRe Africa Collaborative African Network for Childhood Cancer Care and ResearchALL Acute lymphoblastic leukaemiaGDP Gross Domestic ProductDALY Disability Adjusted Life Year

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