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01 Jan 1986
TL;DR: This work presents material from hospital or pathology-based registries serving a single center or region for 73 populations in 43 developing countries, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania, with enormous diversity of patterns revealed.
Abstract: Knowledge of the geographical distribution of cancer remains incomplete. The preferred measures of occurrence are incidence and mortality rates, but in countries where this information is unobtainable alternative sources of data must be found. This work presents material from hospital or pathology-based registries serving a single center or region for 73 populations in 43 developing countries, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. Standardized tables give the distribution of cases by sex, age and site, each accompanied by a description of the registry, the sources of data, and the bias of selection. Age-standardized cancer ratios as well as crude and age-standardized incidence rates are given where possible. The enormous diversity of patterns revealed will cause much fruitful speculation over causes of cancer and possibilities of prevention.

110 citations



Journal Article
TL;DR: The relative frequency by age, sex and site of the malignant tumours diagnosed during the years 1982-84 in the main pathology department of Rwanda (serving approximately 80% of the population) is presented and the results are compared with those from previous studies.
Abstract: The relative frequency by age, sex and site of the malignant tumours diagnosed during the years 1982-84 in the main pathology department of Rwanda (serving approximately 80% of the population) is presented. Excluding skin, the numerically most important cancers in males were Kaposi's sarcoma (11.5%), stomach cancer (9.9%), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (8.1%) and primary carcinoma of liver (6.6%), and in females cancers of the uterine cervix (21.4%), breast (16.8%) and stomach (6.5%). The possible sources of bias are discussed, and the results are compared with those from previous studies in this part of central Africa.

16 citations



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4 citations