Building a national pediatric cancer center and network in Paraguay: lessons for addressing challenges in a low-income country

A Samudio, D Figueredo, A Lassaletta… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
In Paraguay, cancer is among the leading causes of death among children. We report
challenges and solutions for building the country's first pediatric cancer center at the
National University School of Medicine (PCC-SM) and describe the outcomes of the
National Network for Pediatric Cancer. We found that children with acute lymphoblastic
leukemia treated between 2008 and 2012 had higher 3-year survival rates and lower
treatment abandonment rates than did children treated between 2000 and 2007 before the …
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