Management of pediatric brain tumors in low- and middle-income countries

Nisreen Amayiri; Naureen Mushtaq; Mithra Ghalibafian; Eric Bouffet

doi:10.1016/bs.acr.2025.08.004

Management of pediatric brain tumors in low- and middle-income countries

Nisreen Amayiri
, Naureen Mushtaq
, Mithra Ghalibafian
, Eric Bouffet

Department of Oncology, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

Five-year survival rates exceed 70 % for the 10–20 % children with central nervous system (CNS) tumors in high-income countries (HICs) but are less than 30 % for the 80 % children in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). The management of CNS tumors is complex and multidisciplinary. It requires a minimum of infrastructure and interactive collaboration between the different actors involved in the care of these patients. This chapter addresses the main challenges associated with the management of pediatric CNS tumors in LMIC, and describes examples of successful development, particularly in the context of twinning programs between institutions in HIC and institutions in LMIC.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advances in Cancer Research
Publisher	Academic Press Inc.
Pages	427-453
Number of pages	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.acr.2025.08.004
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2025

Publication series

Name	Advances in Cancer Research
Volume	167
ISSN (Print)	0065-230X
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-5557

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Limited resources
Low and middle income countries
Multidisciplinary care
Survival gap
Telemedicine
Twinning

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Management of pediatric brain tumors in low- and middle-income countries

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