This can be attributed to the lack of cancer registries in a large majority of LMICs (low and middle income countries), prevalent under diagnosis, misdiagnosis and/or under-registration of LMIC children with cancer. In these countries, children with cancer are dying undiagnosed, unreported, and unrecorded.

“Experts and researches estimate that approximately 90% of children with cancer reside in developing countries (LMIC).”