The International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)–Paediatric Oncology in Developing Countries (PODC) Collaborative Wilms Tumour Africa project delivered treatment in eight centres across five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Setting up a collaboration like this is easier said than done, and herein we share the lessons we learned along the way.
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The authors would like to thank the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) and World Child Cancer for their financial support.
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Israels, T., Molyneux, E.M. & the SIOP Africa–PODC Collaborative Wilms Tumour Project Group. Lessons learned from a multicentre clinical trial in Africa. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 16, 211–212 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41571-018-0121-0
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