Current outlook of childhood cancer epidemiology in a middle-income country under a public health insurance program

In Mexico, childhood cancer (0–18 years) is treated in a multidisciplinary way while providing care for more than half of the affected children through a public medical insurance. This insurance is given to all children who do not have any health care coverage in Mexico. This program is offered to the poorest of all Mexicans. All the children with this disease are submitted to pathology diagnosis and treatment according to national treatment...