Evaluating the baseline survival outcomes of the “six Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer index cancers” in Africa
Van Heerden J, Balagadde-Kambugu J, Angom R, Lusobya RC, Chantada G, Desjardins L (GFAOP), Fabian ID, Israels T, Paintsil V, Hessissen L (GFAOP), Diouf MN (GFAOP), Elayadi M, Turner SD, Kouya F, Geel JA Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 Apr;40(3):203-223 ; Epub 2022 Nov 11 ; PMID : 36369884 ; DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2022.2140860 Pediatric Hematology and […]
Toward 2030: SIOP Africa adopts the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer
Balagadde-Kambugu J, Davidson A, Hessissen L (GFAOP), Afungchwi GM, Parkes J, Van Heerden J, Geel J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 Apr;40(3):197-202 ; Epub 2022 Sept 5 ; PMID : 36062960 ; DOI : 10.1080/08880018.2022.2117883. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Lire l’article
Implementing the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer in Morocco: Survival study for the six indexed childhood cancers
Mechita NB, Cherkaoui S (GFAOP), Abousselham L, Benmiloud S, Kili A, El Kababri M (GFAOP), Maani K, Houdzi JE, Benajiba N, Madani A (GFAOP), Bennani M, Belakhel L, Bouffet E (GFAOP), Patte C (GFAOP), Harif M (GFAOP), Youbi M, Hessissen L (GFAOP) Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Oct;69(10):e29788 ; Epub 2022 Jul 7 ; PMID : […]
Twelve-month observational study of children with cancer in 41 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, L Hessissen (GFAOP) BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7:e008797 ; PMID: 36261229 ; PMCID: PMC9581782 ; DOI :10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008797 British Medical Journal Global Health Lire l’article
SIOP 2022 à Barcelone

Symposium : Therapy for Burkitt lymphoma – HIC and LMICs. Organized by C Patte St. Baldrick’s Lecture: Therapy for Burkitt lymphoma – HIC and LMICs. Organized by C Patte Introduction: Burkitt Lymphoma: From Africa to the rest of the World and back to Africa ; C Patte Abstracts : Abstracts presented by GFAOP’s members at […]
Defining availability of 100 essential diagnostic items for children with cancer and gaps in implementing WHO recommendations: Global CEDx Working Group survey
Lam CG, Alcasabas P, Antillon FG, Calderon P, Dolendo M, Fu L, Gamboa Y, Gassant P, Gomez-Garcia W, Gunasekera S, Aye Khaing A, Kizyma R, Hessissen L (GFAOP), Mulindwa J, Nogovitsyna Y, Pascal C, Quintero K, Renner LA, Soto G, Vasquez L, Vasquez R, Metzger M Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jul;23 Suppl 1:S29 ; PMID : […]
SIOP Strategy 2021-2025: Cure for more, care for all
Pritchard-Jones K, Challinor JM, Hunger SP, Sung L, Davidson A, Morrissey LK, Khan MS, Dalvi RB, Sullivan MJ, Hessissen L (GFAOP), Chantada GL, Kearns P, Frazier AL, Wollaert S, Laub T Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Jun;69(6):e29577 ; Epub 2022 Feb 15 ; PMID : 35166434 ; DOI : 10.1002/pbc.29577 Pediatric Blood & Cancer […]
Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a Lancet Oncology Commission
Ngwa W, Addai BW, Adewole I, Ainsworth V, Alaro J, Alatise OI, Ali Z, Anderson BO, Anorlu R, Avery S, Barango P, Bih N, Booth CM, Brawley OW, Dangou JM, Denny L, Dent J, Elmore SNC, Elzawawy A, Gashumba D, Geel J, Graef K, Gupta S, Gueye SM, Hammad N, Hessissen L (GFAOP), Ilbawi AM, Kambugu […]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with pediatric cancer in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, observational cohort study
Global Health Research Group on Children’s Non-Communicable Diseases Collaborative BMJ Open. 2022 Apr 11;12(4):e054690 ; PMID : 35410925 ; PMCID : PMC9021459 ; DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054690. British Medical Journal Open Lire l’article
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric oncology providers globally: A mixed-methods study
Sniderman ER, Graetz DE, Agulnik A, Ranadive R, Vedaraju Y, Chen Y, Devidas M, Chantada GL, Hessissen L (GFAOP), Dalvi R, Pritchard-Jones K, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Moreira DC (GFAOP) Cancer. 2022 Apr 1;128(7):1493-1502 ; Epub 2022 Jan 24 ; PMID : 35067925 ; PMCID: PMC9015299 ; DOI : 10.1002/cncr.34090. Cancer Lire l’article