A Five-year Survey of Cancer Prevalence in Sudan

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Journal article
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Autoren
  • Mohamed EM Saeed
  • Jingming Cao
  • Babikir Fadul
  • Onat Kadioglu
  • Hassan E Khalid
  • Zahir Yassin
  • Siddig M Mustafa
  • Elfatih Saeed
  • Thomas Efferth
Autoren-URL
https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000367450000038&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
eISSN
1791-7530
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: CZ9XD
  • PubMed Identifier: 26722054
ISSN
0250-7005
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
Zeitschrift
ANTICANCER RESEARCH
Schlüsselwörter
  • Cancer statistics
  • epidemiology
  • neoplasms
  • risk factors
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
Paginierung
279 - 286
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Titel
A Five-year Survey of Cancer Prevalence in Sudan
Sub types
  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
36

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Abstract
<h4>Background</h4>While cancer epidemiology is well-investigated in developed countries, the cancer burden in Africa is less well documented. We provide cancer statistics of 33,201 patients from all Sudan diagnosed at the Radiation and Isotope Centre in Khartoum (RICK). This hospital covers approximately 80% of patients with cancer in Sudan and is, therefore, considered representative for the situation in this country.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Data from 2009-2013 were collected at RICK. Cancer diagnoses were made by standard pathological and radiological methods. Epidemiological data were categorized by age, gender, resident state, marital status etc. and subjected to statistical analyses by SPSS 21v.<h4>Results</h4>The cancer prevalence rate per year was 5,000-7,000 among adults and 300-400 among children, with increasing tendency for adults. Male:female ratios were 1:1.18 for adults and 1.46:1 for children. The five most frequent tumour types were breast cancer, leukaemia, prostatic carcinoma, lymphoma and colorectal carcinoma in adults and leukaemia, lymphoma, eye tumours, sarcoma and brain tumours in children. Remarkably, the median age of cancer diagnosis was 10-20 years higher in men than in women, mainly due to earlier onset of gender-related tumours in females (cancer of breast, cervix, or ovary) than in men (prostatic carcinoma). Chronic myeloid leukaemia was the most frequent haematopoietic malignancy in adults and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children. Comparing cancer cases with population numbers of Sudanese states, Northern Sudan, River Nile and Khartoum revealed up to 8-fold higher cancer incidence rates than Al Gedarif, Southern Dafur and Blue Nile. The other states had intermediate incidence rates. Interestingly, oesophageal carcinoma occurred proportionally more frequently in Kassala (rank 3) than in the entire Sudan (rank 7) or other states.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This is the largest survey on cancer burden in Sudan. It may serve as basis for governmental programmes for assessing risk factors, improving cancer prevention (e.g. by educational and vaccination programmes) and cancer therapy in the future.
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  • Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Autoren
  • Mohamed EM Saeed
  • Jingming Cao
  • Babikir Fadul
  • Onat Kadioglu
  • Hassan E Khalid
  • Zahir Yassin
  • Siddig M Mustafa
  • Elfatih Saeed
  • Thomas Efferth
eISSN
1791-7530
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 26722054
Open access
false
ISSN
0250-7005
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
Zeitschrift
Anticancer research
Schlüsselwörter
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms
  • Prevalence
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Middle Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Infant
  • Sudan
  • Female
  • Male
  • Young Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print
Paginierung
279 - 286
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2016
Titel
A Five-year Survey of Cancer Prevalence in Sudan.
Sub types
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
36

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract
BACKGROUND: While cancer epidemiology is well-investigated in developed countries, the cancer burden in Africa is less well documented. We provide cancer statistics of 33,201 patients from all Sudan diagnosed at the Radiation and Isotope Centre in Khartoum (RICK). This hospital covers approximately 80% of patients with cancer in Sudan and is, therefore, considered representative for the situation in this country. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from 2009-2013 were collected at RICK. Cancer diagnoses were made by standard pathological and radiological methods. Epidemiological data were categorized by age, gender, resident state, marital status etc. and subjected to statistical analyses by SPSS 21v. RESULTS: The cancer prevalence rate per year was 5,000-7,000 among adults and 300-400 among children, with increasing tendency for adults. Male:female ratios were 1:1.18 for adults and 1.46:1 for children. The five most frequent tumour types were breast cancer, leukaemia, prostatic carcinoma, lymphoma and colorectal carcinoma in adults and leukaemia, lymphoma, eye tumours, sarcoma and brain tumours in children. Remarkably, the median age of cancer diagnosis was 10-20 years higher in men than in women, mainly due to earlier onset of gender-related tumours in females (cancer of breast, cervix, or ovary) than in men (prostatic carcinoma). Chronic myeloid leukaemia was the most frequent haematopoietic malignancy in adults and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children. Comparing cancer cases with population numbers of Sudanese states, Northern Sudan, River Nile and Khartoum revealed up to 8-fold higher cancer incidence rates than Al Gedarif, Southern Dafur and Blue Nile. The other states had intermediate incidence rates. Interestingly, oesophageal carcinoma occurred proportionally more frequently in Kassala (rank 3) than in the entire Sudan (rank 7) or other states. CONCLUSION: This is the largest survey on cancer burden in Sudan. It may serve as basis for governmental programmes for assessing risk factors, improving cancer prevention (e.g. by educational and vaccination programmes) and cancer therapy in the future.
Autoren
  • Mohamed EM Saeed
  • Jingming Cao
  • Babikir Fadul
  • Onat Kadioglu
  • Hassan E Khalid
  • Zahir Yassin
  • Siddig M Mustafa
  • Elfatih Saeed
  • Thomas Efferth
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26722054
eISSN
1791-7530
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
1
Zeitschrift
Anticancer Res
Schlüsselwörter
  • Cancer statistics
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • epidemiology
  • neoplasms
  • risk factors
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms
  • Prevalence
  • Sudan
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Young Adult
Sprache
eng
Country
Greece
Paginierung
279 - 286
PII
36/1/279
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2016
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2016
Titel
A Five-year Survey of Cancer Prevalence in Sudan.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
36

Data source: PubMed

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