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POGO Atlas Documents Trends and Patterns of Childhood Cancer First-ever Atlas of Childhood Cancer in Ontario In 2015, POGO published the first-ever Atlas of Childhood Cancer in Ontario. Based on POGO’s enduring collection of excellent, standardized data on children with cancer, the Atlas examines patterns and trends of childhood cancer over a 20-year period and demonstrates that the overall incidence of cancer in children is not rising in Ontario, there are no pockets of increased incidence anywhere in the province and Ontario’s children are receiving the best possible care where and when they need it. The chapter on survival shows a progressive overall increase in survival rates across all childhood cancers, enabled by rigorous and resource intensive therapy. For patients in active treatment, use of health services is hugely increased compared with the general childhood population, and remains more than ten times greater even after treatment ends. According to Dr. Mark Greenberg, POGO’s Senior Adviser, Policy & Clinical Affairs, “Ontario’s healthcare system is producing excellent results, and these successes will be sustained if resources and new research are matched to the patterns and trends highlighted in the POGO Atlas.” The POGO Atlas covers a period from January 1985 to December 2004. POGO hopes to stimulate discussion, debate, policy consideration and relevant research in order to improve our understanding of childhood cancer and the policy and healthcare system in which it is managed. POGO also intends a future analysis of the next decade of data. Some 26 authors representing significant inter-disciplinary and cross-provincial expertise contributed to the POGO Atlas. POGO gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. |
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