{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(3)"],"submitter":["Pizzato M"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Non-communicable diseases have been rapidly increasing in African countries. We provided updated cancer death patterns in selected African countries over the last two decades.<h4>Methods</h4>We extracted official death certifications and population data from the WHO and the United Nations Population Division databases. We computed country- and sex-specific age-standardized mortality rates per 100 000 person-years for all cancers combined and ten major cancer sites for the periods 2005-2007 and 2015-2017.<h4>Results</h4>Lung cancer ranked first for male cancer mortality in all selected countries in the last available period (with the highest rates in Réunion 24/100 000), except for South Africa where prostate cancer was the leading cause of death (23/100 000). Prostate ca"],"journal":["European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP)"],"pagination":["192-199"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10965137"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Cancer mortality patterns in selected Northern and Southern African countries."],"pmcid":["PMC10965137"],"pubmed_authors":["Santucci C","Pizzato M","Parazzini F","La Vecchia C","Negri E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Cancer mortality patterns in selected Northern and Southern African countries.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Non-communicable diseases have been rapidly increasing in African countries. We provided updated cancer death patterns in selected African countries over the last two decades.<h4>Methods</h4>We extracted official death certifications and population data from the WHO and the United Nations Population Division databases. We computed country- and sex-specific age-standardized mortality rates per 100 000 person-years for all cancers combined and ten major cancer sites for the periods 2005-2007 and 2015-2017.<h4>Results</h4>Lung cancer ranked first for male cancer mortality in all selected countries in the last available period (with the highest rates in Réunion 24/100 000), except for South Africa where prostate cancer was the leading cause of death (23/100 000). Prostate ca","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 May","modification":"2026-07-15T16:32:22.481Z","creation":"2026-07-07T03:08:12.151Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10965137","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37997906"],"doi":["10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000852"]}}