Cancer incidence in Ghana, 2012: Evidence from a population-based cancer registry

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Laryea, Dennis O ^a   Awuah, Baffour ^a   Amoako, Yaw A ^a   Osei Bonsu, E ^a   Dogbe, Joslin ^a   Larsen Reindorf, Rita ^a   Ansong, Daniel ^a   Yeboah Awudzi, Kwasi ^b   Oppong, Joseph K ^a   Konney, Thomas O ^a   Boadu, Kwame O ^c   Nguah, Samuel B ^a   Titiloye, Nicholas A ^a   Frimpong, Nicholas O ^a   Awittor, Fred K ^a   Martin, Iman K ^d  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^c Kumasi South Hospital   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GHANA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GHANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84902073385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-362     Document Type: Article

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