{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14"],"submitter":["Miguel F"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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%),"],"journal":["Infectious agents and cancer"],"pagination":["35"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6839121"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A hospital-based cancer registry in Luanda, Angola: the <i>Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer</i> (IACC) Cancer registry."],"pmcid":["PMC6839121"],"pubmed_authors":["de Lacerda GF","Weiderpass E","Bento MJ","Santos LL","Miguel F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A hospital-based cancer registry in Luanda, Angola: the <i>Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer</i> (IACC) Cancer registry.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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%),","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-04-19T15:51:36.577Z","creation":"2020-05-21T18:36:03Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6839121","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31719840"],"doi":["10.1186/s13027-019-0249-2"]}}