# National Cancer Registry of The Gambia

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## TL;DR

The Gambia's nationwide population-based cancer registry, set up in 1986 to measure whether infant hepatitis B vaccination would prevent liver cancer. Liver cancer was the commonest cancer in men and cervical cancer in women.

## Summary

The registry was established in 1986 within the Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study, a randomised trial of infant hepatitis B vaccination applied to public health policy, to collect data on every cancer diagnosed nationwide. A PLoS One paper by its staff (2013), with an author affiliation at the National Cancer Registry, Fajara, analysed 1990 to 2009: in men liver cancer made up 60% of cancers, then prostate, lung, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and stomach; in women cervical cancer 33%, liver 24% and breast 11%. Incidence was stable, and the data were not yet enough to detect an effect of vaccination on liver cancer. The coordinates are an approximate point for Fajara.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Gambia National Cancer Registry; NCR Gambia
- City: Fajara, GM
- Type: research-institute

## Sources

- Bah et al., 20 years of population-based cancer registration in The Gambia (PLoS One 2013): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075775

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- institutions: [Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH)](https://onco.cc/institutions/efsth-banjul/), [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC / WHO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/iarc/)

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