INTRODUCTION
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on children with
cancer is still not fully described. In addition to the direct
infectious risk among children undergoing treatment, pediatric
oncologists in high-income countries have noted an increased incidence
of delayed diagnosis and treatment.1 Though issues
like under-diagnosis and abandonment of treatment were major issues in
low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) prior to the pandemic, whether
these have worsened because of COVID-19 is suspected but not
known.2 We therefore aimed to assess the impact of the
pandemic in one Indonesian tertiary hospital upon the rate of new
diagnoses and abandonment rates.