title: Cancer registration in the Middle East.
abstract: This project signals an advance in cancer registration in the Middle East region. While it is too early to declare a major breakthrough, significant strides have been made toward establishing a basis for reliable information on the cancer burden at a population level and future collaborative efforts in cancer epidemiologic research and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Kayed
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Qasem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barchana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boyiadzis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El-Najjar
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Salhab
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roffers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kahan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harford
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silbermann
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*