The incidence of oesophageal cancer in Eastern Africa: Identification of a new geographic hot spot?

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-149

  Cheng, Michael L ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Borok, Margaret ^b   Chokunonga, Eric ^b   Dzamamala, Charles ^c   Korir, Anne ^d   Wabinga, Henry R ^e   Hiatt, Robert A ^a   Parkin, D Max ^f   Van Loon, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry   (Zimbabwe)

^c Malawi National Cancer Registry   (Malawi)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Incidence rate; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIETARY INTAKE; EAST AFRICAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84926195683     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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