Socio-economic Status Plays Important Role in Childhood Cancer Treatment Outcome in Indonesia
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The cure rate of childhood cancer may be as high as 80% in high-income countries, but frequently is less than 35% in low-income countries (Smith et al., 2010). Poor treatment adherence by health-care providers, parents and patients importantly contributes to this difference in survival. Abandonment of treatment, a severe form of non-adherence, is one of the most common reasons for treatment failure in low-income countries (Arora et al., 2010; Lam et al., 2012) Recently the SIOP PODC Abandonment of Treatment Working Group declared that treatment abandonment can no longer be ignored by the international pediatric oncology community (Mostert et al., 2011). More insight into underlying causes is needed. Providing access to care, improving treatment adherence and reducing abandonment should be a top priority for those involved in childhood cancer care in low-income countries in order
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