title: Cancer burden in four countries of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (Cyprus; Jordan; Israel; Izmir (Turkey)) with comparison to the United States surveillance; epidemiology and end results program.
abstract: It is important that population-based cancer registries provide accurate and reliable data for public health purposes. These data are essential data for planning of cancer control and prevention. In this study, we examined cancer incidence rates (year 2005-2010) in four MECC registries (Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, Izmir (Turkey)) and compared with the rates in the US. The overall age-standardized incidence rates for males were highest in the US followed by Israeli Jews, Izmir (Turkey), Cyprus, Israeli Arabs, and lowest in Jordan. In women the rates of cancer of all sites were also highest in US women followed by Israeli Jews, Cyprus, Israeli Arabs, Izmir (Turkey), and lowest in Jordan. It is of interest that although site-specific cancer rates differ between the countries studied, prostate, lung and colorectal cancers are within the five most common cancers males in all countries studied. In females, breast colorectal and endometrium cancers are three of the five most common cancers in females in all countries studied. The results presented in this paper can have implications for opportunities in cancer control and prevention in these countries. Future studies on individual cancer sites with highest rates in these Countries are currently underway.
authors: Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, USA. Electronic address: hantoncu@uci.edu.
authors: Hoda
authors: H
authors: Anton-Culver
authors: Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, USA.
authors: Jenny
authors: J
authors: Chang
authors: International Agency of Research on Cancer, France.
authors: Freddie
authors: F
authors: Bray
authors: International Agency of Research on Cancer, France.
authors: Ariana
authors: A
authors: Znaor
authors: Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, USA.
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Stevens
authors: Izmir Cancer Registry, Izmir & Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Sultan
authors: S
authors: Eser
authors: Israel National Cancer Registry, Israel.
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Silverman
authors: National Cancer Registry of Jordan, Jordan.
authors: Omar
authors: O
authors: Nimri
authors: Cyprus Cancer Registry, Cyprus.
authors: Pavlos
authors: P
authors: Pavlou
authors: Cyprus Cancer Registry, Cyprus.
authors: Haris
authors: H
authors: Charalambous
authors: Cyprus Cancer Registry, Cyprus.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Demetriou
authors: Georgia Cancer Registry, Emory University, USA.
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Ward
authors: Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, USA.
authors: Argyrios
authors: A
authors: Ziogas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003535:Cyprus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018426:SEER Program / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cancer burden; Cancer risk; Middle East; Population-based cancer registries; SEER