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pediatric cancer
A Promise Kept: How Samvel Danielyan Lifted Pediatric Cancer Survival from Zero to 70%
In a country bruised by war, in a hospital crumbling under the weight of poverty and silence, one man made an impossible promise and kept it. Samvel Danielyan’s story is not the story of easy heroes. It is a story…
CancerWorld issue #103 (May, 2025)
What does it take to change the odds in cancer care? Innovation? Yes. But also: persistence. Collaboration. The refusal to accept that some lives matter less because of where they’re born. In this issue of CancerWorld, we focus not just…
ACT for Children:A Global Initiative to Tackle Inequities in Pediatric Cancer
The disparity in childhood cancer outcomes is one of the world’s most pressing health inequities. While over 80% of children with cancer are cured in high-income countries (HICs), survival drops to less than 30% in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).…
A global registry for children with cancer and COVID-19
While a deeper knowledge about the impact of COVID-19 disease on cancer patients is essential, sharing information is likewise important. For these purposes, a number of registries, which gather different data including patients’ outcomes or treatment, are being set up around…
What we know, and ignore, of pediatric palliative care
In discussing palliative care, it has often been asked whether quality of time was important like quantity of life, if not more. And, when patients are children, the answer can become very complex. «If the goal of palliative care is…