The magnitude and associated factors of childhood cancer treatment abandonment at the university of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: There were no pediatric oncology centers in Northwest Ethiopia before 2019. This retrospective cross-sectional study aims to describe the magnitude and associated factors of childhood cancer treatment abandonment at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, the first pediatric oncology unit in Northwest Ethiopia. Survival rates of childhood cancer in low and middle-income countries are as low as 30%. Treatment abandonment is the main reason for low childhood cancer survival rates. Multivariate complementary log-log regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with childhood cancer treatment abandonment. The statistical association between dependent and. independent variables were declared at a p-value of ≤ 0.05. The magnitude of treatment abandonment was

SUBMITTER: Molla YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11950395 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature