Background Accurate childhood cancer burden data are crucial for resource planning and health policy prioritisation. Model-based estimates are necessary because cancer surveillance data are scarce or non-existent in many countries. Although global incidence and mortality estimates are available, there are no previous analyses of the global burden of childhood cancer represented in disability-adjusted life-years...
This article was corrected on January 28, 2021, to fix an error in a coauthor’s affiliation (jamaoncol.2020.8307). This article was also corrected on April 9, 2020, to fix an error in a coauthor’s affiliation (10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0741) and on March 12, 2020, to fix errors in coauthors’ names and an affiliation, Table data, Figure data, and the Supplement (10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0224). Importance Cancer and o...
Importance: The increasing burden due to cancer and other noncommunicable diseases poses a threat to human development, which has resulted in global political commitments reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan on Non-Communicable Diseases. To determine if these commitments have resulted in improved cancer control, quantitative assessments...