Open AccessOutcomes of Low-Intensity Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence in Rwanda
Author(s) -
Fidel Rubagumya,
Mary Jue Xu,
Leana May,
Caitlin Driscoll,
Frank Regis Uwizeye,
Cyprien Shyirambere,
Katherine Larrabee,
Alexandra Fehr,
Umuhizi Denis Gilbert,
Clemence Muhayimana,
Vedaste Hategekimana,
Shekinah N. Elmore,
Tharcisse Mpunga,
Molly Moore,
Lawrence N. Shulman,
Leslie Lehmann
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.2017.009290
Subject(s) - medicine , regimen , pediatrics , demographics , descriptive statistics , cancer , retrospective cohort study , lymphoblastic leukemia , demography , leukemia , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in low-income countries have disproportionately lower cure rates than those in high-income countries. At Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence (BCCOE), physicians treated patients with ALL with the first arm of the Hunger Protocol, a graduated-intensity method tailored for resource-limited settings. This article provides the first published outcomes, to our knowledge, of patients with ALL treated with this protocol.