title: [Current epidemiology of cancers in Cameroon (Central Africa)].
abstract: From 1986 to 1991, about 1,000 cases of cancers were diagnosed histologically every year in Cameroon. During this period, investigations showed that only 1 cancer out of 10 is diagnosed histologically. Thus, nearly 10,000 new cases of cancers are expected yearly in Cameroon where a population of 12,000,000 inhabitants is found leading to an incidence of about 100/100,000. Forty-nine percent of patients are female and 51% males. Twelve per cent of patients are less than 20 years old and 60% are between 40 and 70 years. Liver cancer is at the top of the list of cancers, representing 20%, followed by skin cancer (15%), breast cancer (11%) and cancer of the cervix (11%). For men, liver cancer is the most frequent, while cancers of the breast and uterine cervix predominate in women.
authors.affiliation: Département des sciences pathologiques, Centre universitaire des sciences de la santé (CUSS), Yaoundé, Cameroun.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mbakop
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Essame Oyono
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ngbangako
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abondo
mesh_terms: D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie actuelle des cancers au Cameroun (Afrique Centrale).