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Cancer in Africa (IARC Scientific Publication, No. 153)

by: D.M. Parkin, S.L. Whelan, J. Ferlay, E. Bah, M. Hamdi-Cherif, F. Sitas, H. Wabinga
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9283221532  9789283221531 

 

Cancer in Africa (I a R C Scientific Publication)
By D.M. Parkin, S.L. Whelan, J. Ferlay, E. Bah, M. Hamdi-Cherif, F. Sitas, H. Wabinga


 


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Data on cancer patterns in Africa are sparse, but the considerable effort which has gone into fostering the development of population-based cancer registration in the continent is now bearing fruit. Many of the registries are too recently-established to have submitted data for the book Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Volume VII, and it will only be possible for a small minority to achieve such publication due to the circumstances in which they work, with poor medical infrastructure and limited access thereto. Nonetheless, the data they are producing give a unique insight into cancer patterns in the continent and this publication helps analyse and disseminate information on cancer occurence worldwide for the purposes of epidemiological research and cancer control.L Tables of incidence or relative frequency for cancer registries providing data are presented. Country profiles, with a review of cancer patterns by country/area based on analyzed data and published material, and 19 cancer sites and childhood cancer are presented. National estimates of incidence and mortality are updated to 1995.

 

 

Cancer in Africa IARC Scientific Publication No. 153 Year: 2003 | 416 pages | ISBN 92 832 2153 2 Edited by D.M. Parkin, J. Ferlay, M. Hamdi-Chérif, F. Sitas, J.O. Thomas, H. Wabinga, S.L. Whelan

Cancer in Africa includes a description of all cancer registration activity ongoing in Africa today, as well as in the past. Background material, cancer profiles and a review of the published literature are provided for every country in Africa. There is a comprehensive review of the epidemiology and prevention of 20 major cancers of importance on the African continent, togetherwith chapters on cancer in children, and cancers related to AIDS.