Children with cancer who reside in low- and- middle-income countries had a higher risk for mortality due to any cause than those in high-income countries during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results.
The findings, presented during American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting and published simultaneously in BMJ Open, also showed treatment delays, interruptions and modifications occurred predominantly in lower- to middle-income countries, suggesting the pandemic may have worsened disparities in health care systems throughout the world, researchers