# First data from Ethiopia's population-based cancer registry: Addis Ababa, 2012 to 2013

Source: https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-timotewos-addis-ababa-first-data-canep-2018/  
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## TL;DR

In its first two years the Addis Ababa City Cancer Registry recorded 4,139 new cancers, 67% in women; breast and cervical cancer led in women, and colorectal cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men.

## Summary

Published as "First data from a population based cancer registry in Ethiopia". The Addis Ababa City Cancer Registry, established in September 2011 and then covering just over three million people, actively collected newly diagnosed cases from 22 hospitals, clinics and diagnostic facilities in the capital, and the paper reports incidence for 2012 to 2013.

## Fields

- Kind: Key paper
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Journal: Cancer Epidemiology
- Year: 2018
- DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.01.008
- Authors: Timotewos G, Solomon A, Mathewos A, et al.
- Findings: 4,139 new cancers were recorded in 2012 to 2013, 67% in women.; Average annual age-standardised incidence for all sites was 136.2 per 100,000 women and 70.7 per 100,000 men.; Breast (31.5% of female cancers, 40.6 per 100,000) and cervix (14.1%, 21.5) led in women; colorectal cancer (10.6%, 7.6) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (10.2%, 6.8) led in men.
- What it means: The first population-based cancer rates for Ethiopia, showing a pattern similar to neighbouring countries apart from colorectal cancer being the commonest cancer in men, which the authors called novel.
- Caveats: The registry's first years; completeness of case finding was still being built.; One city only.

## Sources

- Cancer Epidemiol 2018: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2018.01.008
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29414637/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/)
- institutions: [Addis Ababa City Cancer Registry](https://onco.cc/institutions/addis-ababa-city-cancer-registry/), [Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa University](https://onco.cc/institutions/tikur-anbessa-hospital/)

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