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| Title: | Trends in the incidence of primary liver cancer in Central Uganda, 1960-1980 and 1991-2005 |
| Authors: | Ocama, P.
Nambooze, S.
Opio, C.K.
Shiels, M.S.
Wabinga, H.R.
Kirk, G.D. |
| Keywords: | Primary liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Cancer registry
Africa
Gender differences
HIV/AIDS |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Citation: | Ocama, P., Nambooze, S., Opio, C.K., Shiels, M.S., Wabinga, H.R., Kirk, G.D. (2009). Trends in the incidence of primary liver cancer in Central Uganda, 1960–1980 and 1991–2005. British Journal of Cancer, 100 |
| Abstract: | Primary liver cancer (PLC) incidence trends from Africa are unknown. Using Kampala Cancer Registry data from 1960 to 1980 and
1991 to 2005, we identified 771 PLCs. Although rates were stable among men, PLC incidence among women increased 450%.
Investigations of viral hepatitis, aflatoxin, obesity, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may help to explain the increasing
incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1425 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0920 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Health-Sciences)
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