title: Prediction of the Cancer Incidence in Nepal
abstract: Background: The burden of cancer will increase both in males and females in Nepal. Due to the unavailability of a
  population based cancer registry it is difficult to precisely predict of future incidence rates. However, using hospital-based
  data to predict the cancer incidence in Nepal it was found that it will certainly increase both in males and females from
  2013 to 2020. Material and Methods: For this research we used the cases from the first national cancer registry report
  (2003) to the cases of the most recent (2012) accumulated by all the hospital based cancer registries in Nepal. We used
  simple linear regression to analyze the data and thereby obtained a simple linear regression equation. Result: In 2020
  the highest incidence rate will be for males 38.5 per 100,000 and for females, 41.4. The present study demonstrated
  that female cancer incidence will be higher than that in males in Nepal. Conclusion: This study provided evidence of
  future trends, which will feature an increasing rate of cancer in Nepal.
authors.affiliation: 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; Nepal incidence; prediction