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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
The Lancet Oncology, Volume 20, No. 9, Year 2019
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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 (DALYs). Methods: Using the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 methodology, childhood (ages 0–19 years) cancer mortality was estimated by use of vital registration system data, verbal autopsy data, and population-based cancer registry incidence data, which were transformed to mortality estimates through modelled mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIRs). Childhood cancer incidence was estimated using the mortality estimates and corresponding MIRs. Prevalence estimates were calculated by using MIR to model survival and multiplied by disability weights to obtain years lived with disability (YLDs). Years of life lost (YLLs) were calculated by multiplying age-specific cancer deaths by the difference between the age of death and a reference life expectancy. DALYs were calculated as the sum of YLLs and YLDs. Final point estimates are reported with 95% uncertainty intervals. Findings: Globally, in 2017, there were 11·5 million (95% uncertainty interval 10·6–12·3) DALYs due to childhood cancer, 97·3% (97·3–97·3) of which were attributable to YLLs and 2·7% (2·7–2·7) of which were attributable to YLDs. Childhood cancer was the sixth leading cause of total cancer burden globally and the ninth leading cause of childhood disease burden globally. 82·2% (82·1–82·2) of global childhood cancer DALYs occurred in low, low-middle, or middle Socio-demographic Index locations, whereas 50·3% (50·3–50·3) of adult cancer DALYs occurred in these same locations. Cancers that are uncategorised in the current GBD framework comprised 26·5% (26·5–26·5) of global childhood cancer DALYs. Interpretation: The GBD 2017 results call attention to the substantial burden of childhood cancer globally, which disproportionately affects populations in resource-limited settings. The use of DALY-based estimates is crucial in demonstrating that childhood cancer burden represents an important global cancer and child health concern. Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), and St. Baldrick's Foundation. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Arak University of Medical Sciences
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United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
United States, Washington, D.c.
Georgetown University
Agius, Domenic
Malta, Pieta
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Ahmadian, Elham
Iran, Tabriz
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
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Baku State University
Alahdab, Fares
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Alam, Tahiya
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Alebel, Animut
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Debre Markos University
Alipour, Vahid
Iran, Tehran
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Allen, Christine A.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Almasi-Hashiani, Amir
Iran, Arak
Arak University of Medical Sciences
Alvarez, Elysia M.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Amini, Saeed
Iran, Arak
Arak University of Medical Sciences
Amoako, Yaw Ampem
Ghana, Kumasi
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Anber, Nahla Hamed
Egypt, Mansoura
Mansoura University
Arabloo, Jalal
Iran, Tehran
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Artaman, Al
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Atique, Suleman
Pakistan, Lahore
University of Lahore
Saudi Arabia, Hail
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Awasthi, Ashish
India, Gandhinagar
Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
India, New Delhi
Public Health Foundation of India
Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba
Iran, Tehran
Sharif University of Technology
Basaleem, Huda Omer
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Bijani, Ali
Iran, Babol
Babol University of Medical Sciences
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Portugal, Porto
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Pakistan, Islamabad
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Ethiopia, Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar University
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Iran, Tehran
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Unknown Affiliation
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United States, Seattle
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Statistics
Citations: 187
Authors: 157
Affiliations: 124
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30339-0
ISSN:
14702045
Research Areas
Cancer
Disability
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study