Gertjan Kaspers, pediatric oncologist and director Outreach Princess Máxima Center

‘A very important development is that our colleagues in the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, Kenya, are coming to realize that teamwork is an important key for treating children with cancer. Pediatricians, nurses, radiologists, pathologists, surgeons and data managers are all involved. As one of the results, there are now specialised nurses in pediatric oncology. Thanks to our collaboration, survival rates have risen from less than 10% to more than 30% for certain types of cancer. For example, the survival rate for children with Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer that can only affect children, has increased from less than 10% in 2009 to 40% now. Furthermore, we have witnessed that many more children are able to finish the treatment. We remain committed to improving results. One of my ambitions in the near future is to have more than half of all children with cancer in MTRH survive. Will you help us achieve that?

Gertjan Kaspers

Pediatric oncologist and director Outreach Princess Máxima Center

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