Progress towards the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer target of 60% 5-year survival for all childhood cancers combined, 1990–2019 (CONCORD-4)

 This study provides the most comprehensive global analysis of childhood cancer survival to date, using real-world data from over 600,000 children across 68 countries. It introduces a new Cancer Survival Index to enable comparable tracking of progress over time and shows that while survival has improved globally since 1990, significant disparities persist, ranging from over 80% in high-income countries to around 50–60% in lower-income settings.

The publication highlights the urgent need to strengthen health systems and expand cancer registration to inform policy actions to achieve the GICC survival target by 2030.