title: [Cancer in Madagascar].
abstract: Available data on cancer rates in Madagascar are given. Cervical cancer is the most common, accounting for 28% of diagnosed tumours and 47% of genital tumours in women. It occurs most often in women of about 40 years of age. Penile cancer represents 5.2% of male tumours but occurs at different rates in various ethnic groups. Kaposi's sarcoma is rare in Madagascar. Equally hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at a low incidence in this country and is found most frequently in males over the age of 40 years. Cancer control programmes and the problems they encounter are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Le cancer à Madagascar.