title: Changes in the Distribution of Cancer Incidence in Nepal from 2003 to 2013
abstract: Background: Cancer incidence data are vital for cancer control planning in any nation. This retrospective study
  was conducted to compare the cancer incidence of all sites between the first cancer registry report and the most recent
  example in Nepal. Material and Methods: The cases in the first (2003) and latest (2013) national cancer registry
  reports, accumulated by all the hospital based cancer registries in Nepal were taken for the research. The frequencies,
  crude incidences and age specific incidences (per 100,000) of the five major cancers were calculated for both males
  and females. Result: The most common cancer type for males in both years 2003 and 2013 was lung. Stomach was
  the third most common cancer in 2003 while it was the second in 2013. Similarly, the first four major cancers (cervix,
  breast, lung and ovary) did not change between 2003 and 2013 in females. The total cancer incidence rate increased from
  12.8 in 2003 to 30.4 per 100,000 in 2013 for males and from 15.1 to 33.3 in females. Conclusion: The most common
  cancers in males in 2003 and 2013 were in the bronchus and lung. Similarly, the most common cancer in females was
  cervix at both time points. The cancer incidence rate in females was higher than in males both in 2003 and 2013.
authors.affiliation: Researcher, Bhaktapur cancer hospital, Nepal. Email:k.poudel.08@aberdeen.ac.uk
authors.forename: Krishna Kanta
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Poudel
authors.forename: Zhibi
authors.initials: Zh
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Prakash Raj
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Neupane
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steel
keywords: Cancer; incidence; sites; sex; age; Nepal