A hospital-based cancer registry in Luanda, Angola: the Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer (IACC) Cancer registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer (IACC) Cancer Registry in Luanda, Angola is the most ancient and organized hospital-based cancer registry in Angola and provides data on cancer cases treated in several hospital facilities in Luanda.

Methods

Newly-diagnosed cancer cases (2012-2016) of IACC were collected. A total of 6638 malignant neoplasms were recorded. After excluding duplicates, missing data and non-melanoma skin cancers cases, a final number of 5609 cancer cases was considered valid for analysis.

Results

From 5609 new cases, 2059 were males and 3550 females. Of all cases, 9.7% was in children below the age of 15 years. Most of the cases were residents from the Luanda district. The five most common cancers for all periods were breast (21.4%),

SUBMITTER: Miguel F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6839121 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature