Doreen Nabukalu

Jan 12, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louisa G. Gordon |John Lowe |Doreen Nabukalu

1 BACKGROUND Cancer incidence is rising among children1, 2 and adolescents and young adults (AYA),3 which presents a significant disease and economic burden across the world.4 Globally, in 2020, there were an estimated 204,665 new cases of childhood cancers in children aged 0–14 years and 1,233,225 new cases in AYA aged 15–39 years.5 These were mainly leukemias, and brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors among children, and breast and thyroid cancers among AYA.5 In high-income...