title: [Assessment of cancer incidence in Tunisia 1993-1997].
abstract: The objective of this study is to estimate in Tunisia on a national scale the incidence of the main cancerous localizations for the period 1993-1997 while taking results of registers of the cancer of the region of the North, Sousse and Sfax as a basis. After having verified the relation of exponential type between the incidence of cancers and the life expectancy at the birth (Evo) in a certain number of country we extrapolated levels of governorates incidence included in registers of the North, Sousse and Sfax to the other governorates while taking the similarity of the Evo level as a basis. The incidence rate of in all localizations are 100.11/100.000 for male and 86.4/100.000 for female. The main cancerous localizations for male are the lung (20.8/100.000) the bladder (10.7/100.000), the cutaneous cancers (7.2/100.000) and the prostate (6.1/100.000). For female the main localization are the breast (19.7/100.000), skin (5.8/100.000) and the cervix uteri (4.8,100.000). These results illustrate the interest of tobacco control, screening of the breast cancer of and cervix uteri cancer, as components fundamental of the cancer control.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomo-pathologie, CHU Habib Bourguiba Sfax.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hsairi
authors.forename: Radhouane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fakhfakh
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Abdallah
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jlidi
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sellami
authors.forename: Seifallah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheni
authors.forename: Sihem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hmissa
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Achour
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nacef
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology