Abstract:Survival from pediatric cancers in low-middle-income countries is often
very low compared to that of high-income countries due to multifactorial
etiologies, including late presentation, delayed diagnosis, difficulty
with accessing health care, drug unavailability and treatment
abandonment. The St. Jude Pediatric Oncology Facility Integrated Local
Evaluation Tool (PrOFILE) was developed to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of individual institutions, as well as whole countries.
Following the completion of d… Show more
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