Cancer surveillance in northern Africa, and central and western Asia: challenges and strategies in support of developing cancer registries

Cancer surveillance in northern Africa, and central and western Asia: challenges and strategies in support of developing cancer registries

The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development partnership, led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was established in response to an overwhelming need for high-quality cancer incidence data from low-income and middle-income countries. The IARC Regional Hub for cancer r...

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Published in:The lancet oncology 2018-02, Vol.19 (2), p.e85-e92
Main Authors: Znaor, Ariana, Eser, Sultan, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Fadhil, Ibtihal, Ryzhov, Anton, Silverman, Barbara G, Bendahou, Karima, Demetriou, Anna, Nimri, Omar, Yakut, Cankut, Bray, Freddie
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Africa, Northern - epidemiology
Asia, Central - epidemiology
Asia, Western - epidemiology
Cancer
Cooperation
Developing Countries
Emigration
Female
Global Health
Health Resources - economics
Health risk assessment
Health Surveys
Humans
Initiatives
International Cooperation
Male
Mortality
Needs Assessment
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Planning
Quality
Registration
Registries
Risk Assessment
Socioeconomic Factors
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Summary:The Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development partnership, led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was established in response to an overwhelming need for high-quality cancer incidence data from low-income and middle-income countries. The IARC Regional Hub for cancer registration in North Africa, Central and West Asia was founded in 2013 to support capacity building for cancer registration in each of the countries in this region. In this Series paper, we advocate the necessity for tailored approaches to cancer registration given the rapidly changing cancer landscape for this region, and the challenges faced at a national level in developing data systems to help support this process given present disparities in resources and health infrastructure. In addition, we provide an overview of the status of cancer surveillance and activities country-by-country, documenting tailored approaches that are informing local cancer-control policy, and potentially curbing the growing cancer burden across the region.
ISSN:1470-2045
1474-5488