The Calabar population-based cancer registry recorded 719 new cancers in two local government areas over 2009 to 2013; breast and cervical cancer made up three in five cancers in women and prostate cancer was the commonest in men.
The Calabar Cancer Registry covers two local government areas of Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, 375,196 inhabitants in 2006. Over 2009 to 2013 it registered 719 new cancers, 320 in men and 399 in women, and the paper presents incidence rates by site, sex and age.
A third measured population rate for Nigeria, from the south-east, with prostate, breast and cervical cancer again leading.
Shares National Cancer Registry of Nigeria, Cervical cancer, Prostate cancer.
Shares National Cancer Registry of Nigeria, Cervical cancer, Prostate cancer.
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