[Comment] Improving childhood cancer care in Latin America and the Caribbean: a PAHO Childhood Cancer Working Group position statement

Most children with cancer live and die in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Medical and health system advances have brought cure to more than 80% of children with cancer in high-income countries (HICs),1 but such advances have eluded children in most LMICs, where inequities can yield cure percentages anywhere from 5% to 60%.2 Multiple factors contribute to the inadequate care of childhood cancers in LMICs, including resource scarcity, health system fragility, limited provider awareness, and absence of political attention.

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