Estimating cancer incidence in Uganda: a feasibility study for periodic cancer surveillance research in resource limited settings

Estimating cancer incidence in Uganda: a feasibility study for periodic cancer surveillance research in resource limited settings

Abstract Background Population based cancer registries (PBCRs) are accepted as the gold standard for estimating cancer incidence in any population. However, only 15% of the world’s population is covered by high quality cancer registries with coverage as low as 1.9% in settings such as Africa. This s...

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Main Authors: Annet Nakaganda, Angela Spencer, Jackson Orem, Collins Mpamani, Henry Wabinga, Sarah Nambooze, Gertrude N. Kiwanuka, Raymond Atwine, Isla Gemmell, Andrew Jones, Arpana Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Cancer
Incidence
Registration
Surveillance
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-11124-6

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