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    Pediatric neuro-oncology in Latin America and the Caribbean: a gap to be filled
    (Frontiers Media S.A., 2024) Díaz-Coronado, R; Villar, RC; Cappellano, AM
    1 Childhood cancer and disease burden From the estimated 400,000children and adolescents who develop cancer each year, 80% live in low-middle income countries (LMIC) and are, unfortunately, responsible for 90% of the deaths in this age group (1, 2). The global outcome disparities are influenced by several factors mostly related to the availability of resources, with underprivileged patients placed “on the wrong side of a pediatric oncology ‘death canyon’”, with less than 5% of global resources for cancer dedicated to this group of patients (3–9).