title: [Incidence of cancer in the wilaya of Setif, Algeria].
abstract: Preliminary results are presented for a general population-based cancer registry in Setif, Algeria, for 1986-88. Standardised incidence rates for all sites, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, are 70.1 for men and 59.9 for women: these rates are lower than those reported for most populations. The most frequent cancers are lung, stomach and liver in men, and cervix, liver and breast in women. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is frequent in both sexes. Incidence of cancers of the gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts in women appears particularly high. These results represent the first detailed incidence data for all cancers in an Algerian population.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine préventive et épidémiologie, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Sétif, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdi-Cherif
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekfali
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Incidence du cancer dans la wilaya de Sétif, Algérie.