title: Incidence of cancer in Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 1998-2001.
abstract: We describe the patterns of cancer incidence for common cancers in Gulf Cooperation Council countries during 1998-2001. A total of 32,291 cases of cancer were diagnosed (16,342 in males; 15,949 in females). Male preponderance was observed only in Saudi Arabia and Oman. The age-standardized incidence of all malignancies per 100,000 in both sexes was highest in Qatar followed by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Paediatric cancer ranged from 9.5% of total cancers in Saudi Arabia and UAE to 4.0% in Bahrain. In all countries, the mean age at diagnosis was higher in males than females; cancer of the lung and prostate were commonest among males, and cancer of breast and thyroid among females. Lung cancer ranked second among Bahraini women.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. nhamdan@kfshrc.edu.sa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al-Hamdan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Al-Sayyad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Al-Lawati
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khazal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al-Khateeb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdulwahab
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Asfour
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001445:Bahrain / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011780:Qatar / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology