Rising Prostate Cancer Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Trend Analysis of Data from the African Cancer Registry Network

202078 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Tobias Paul Seraphin · Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Yvonne Walburga Joko-Fru · University of Oxford

Bakarou Kamaté · University of Bamako

Eric Chokunonga · National Blood Service Zimbabwe

Henry Wabinga · Makerere University

Nontuthuzelo Somdyala · South African Medical Research Council

Shyam Manraj

Abstract

This study is the first to compare population-level data on time trends of prostate cancer incidence between multiple countries of SSA, presenting the different rates of increase in 11 of them.

Topics & Keywords

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Volume 30, Issue 1, pp. 158-165

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-1005

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