biostudies-literatureUnknown14Miguel F<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%),Infectious agents and cancer35https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6839121biostudies-literatureA hospital-based cancer registry in Luanda, Angola: the <i>Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer</i> (IACC) Cancer registry.PMC6839121de Lacerda GFWeiderpass EBento MJSantos LLMiguel FfalseA hospital-based cancer registry in Luanda, Angola: the <i>Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer</i> (IACC) Cancer registry.<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%),2019-01-01T00:00:00Z20192025-04-19T15:51:36.577Z2020-05-21T18:36:03ZS-EPMC68391213171984010.1186/s13027-019-0249-2