title: Cancer incidence in egypt: results of the national population-based cancer registry program.
abstract: Background. This paper aims to present cancer incidence rates at national and regional level of Egypt, based upon results of National Cancer Registry Program (NCRP). Methods. NCRP stratified Egypt into 3 geographical strata: lower, middle, and upper. One governorate represented each region. Abstractors collected data from medical records of cancer centers, national tertiary care institutions, Health Insurance Organization, Government-Subsidized Treatment Program, and death records. Data entry was online. Incidence rates were calculated at a regional and a national level. Future projection up to 2050 was also calculated. Results. Age-standardized incidence rates per 100,000 were 166.6 (both sexes), 175.9 (males), and 157.0 (females). Commonest sites were liver (23.8%), breast (15.4%), and bladder (6.9%) (both sexes): liver (33.6%) and bladder (10.7%) among men, and breast (32.0%) and liver (13.5%) among women. By 2050, a 3-fold increase in incident cancer relative to 2013 was estimated. Conclusion. These data are the only available cancer rates at national and regional levels of Egypt. The pattern of cancer indicated the increased burden of liver cancer. Breast cancer occupied the second rank. Study of rates of individual sites of cancer might help in giving clues for preventive programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Amal S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hussein M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Khaled
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Cancer Epidemiology, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
authors.forename: Nabiel Nh
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Mikhail
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hoda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baraka
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hossam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamel