# Registre des Cancers de Parakou

Source: https://onco.cc/institutions/parakou-cancer-registry/  
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## TL;DR

A population-based cancer registry for the city of Parakou in northern Benin, created in 2017. It works from the pathology laboratory of the city's university hospital.

## Summary

The African Cancer Registry Network page says the Parakou registry was created in 2017 and is the second population registry in Benin after Cotonou. It sits in the pathology laboratory of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Départemental du Borgou-Alibori, covers the city of Parakou (about 255,000 people at the 2013 census), uses CanReg5 and the network's standard procedure manual, and has contributed data to the NORA, SurvCan and SurvCan+ studies. Its registrar was trained in cancer registration at the Institut de Cancérologie de Libreville in 2017. The coordinates are those of the Borgou-Alibori hospital.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Parakou Cancer Registry; RCP
- City: Parakou, BJ
- Type: research-institute
- Website: https://afcrn.org/index.php/membership/membership-list/176-benin-parakou

## Sources

- African Cancer Registry Network: Parakou Cancer Registry: https://afcrn.org/index.php/membership/membership-list/176-benin-parakou
- Plan national de lutte contre les cancers au Bénin 2024 to 2028 (January 2024, PDF via ICCP): https://www.iccp-portal.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/B%C3%A9nin_PNLC_2024_2028.pdf

## Connected records

- institutions: [Institut de Cancérologie d'Akanda (ICA)](https://onco.cc/institutions/ica-akanda/), [Ministère de la Santé, Bénin](https://onco.cc/institutions/benin-ministry-of-health/), [Registre des Cancers de Cotonou](https://onco.cc/institutions/cotonou-cancer-registry/)

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