Henry Wabinga

TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study as discussed by the authors has been used to describe cancer burden for 29 cancer groups in 195 countries from 1990 through 2017 to provide data needed for cancer control planning, including cancer incidence, mortality, years lived with disability, years of life lost, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

TL;DR: This unique global source of childhood cancer incidence will be used for aetiological research and to inform public health policy, potentially contributing towards attaining several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.

TL;DR: Variations in survival correlated with early detection initiatives and level of development of health services, and emphasises the need for urgent investments in improving awareness, population-based cancer registration, early detection programmes, health-services infrastructure, and human resources.

TL;DR: Though the knowledge of cancer in this region is improving, better surveillance of cancer incidence, mortality, and prevalence of risk factors is urgently needed to monitor the development of the cancer epidemic, formulate appropriate cancer-control strategies, and assess the outcomes of these strategies.

TL;DR: Cancer control in Uganda, as elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, faces a threefold challenge: with little improvement in the incidence of cancers associated with infection and poverty (liver, cervix, oesophagus), it must face the burden of AIDS-associated cancers, while coping with the emergence of cancersassociated with Westernization of lifestyles (large bowel, breast and prostate).