Nikhil Bhakta
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Pediatric cancers are generally not preventable, but with good medical care, they are treatable.
Still, in 2023, there were nearly 150,000 pediatric cancer deaths worldwide out of nearly 400,000 cases.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital co-authored the study published in The Lancet.
He says in the U.S., the vast majority of children with cancer survive, but not in parts of Africa and Asia.
That's because treating childhood cancer requires a well-functioning medical system.
He says this research demonstrates where health systems need bolstering.
Less than 20% of children will survive.
That disparity, that gap, is one of the largest in all of global health.
Pediatric cancers are generally not preventable, but with good medical care, they are treatable.
Still, in 2023, there were nearly 150,000 pediatric cancer deaths worldwide out of nearly 400,000 cases.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital co-authored the study published in The Lancet.
He says in the U.S., the vast majority of children with cancer survive, but not in parts of Africa and Asia.
That's because treating childhood cancer requires a well-functioning medical system.
He says this research demonstrates where health systems need bolstering.