Ranin Soliman, Jason Oke, Iman Sidhom, Nickhill Bhakta, Nancy S Bolous, Nourhan Tarek, Sonia Ahmed, Hany Abdelrahman, Emad Moussa, Manal Zamzam, Mohamed Fawzy, Wael Zekri, Hanafy Hafez, Mohamed Sedky, Mahmoud Hammad, Hossam Elzomor, Sahar Ahmed, Madeha Awad, Sayed Abdelhameed, Enas Mohsen, Lobna Shalaby, Wael Eweida, Sherif Abouelnaga, Alaa Elhaddad, Carl Heneghan
Background: Childhood cancer in low-and middle-income countries is a global health priority, however, the perception that treatment is unaffordable has potentially led to scarce investment in resources, contributing to inferior survival. In this study, we analysed real-world data about the cost-effectiveness of treating 8886 children with cancer at a large resource-limited paediatric oncology setting in Egypt, between 2013 and 2017, stratified by cancer type, stage/risk, and disease status...
January 2023: EClinicalMedicine