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Cancer Prevention and Control in the WHO African Region / Regional Committee for Africa, 57

Tác giả : Regional Committee for Africa, 57

Nhà xuất bản : WHO. Regional Office for Africa

Năm xuất bản : 2007

Chủ đề : 1. Breast Neoplasms. 2. Liver Neoplasms. 3. Men. 4. Neoplasms -- prevention and control. 5. Public Health. 6. Sarcoma. 7. Uterine Cervical Neoplasms. 8. Women. 9. Governing body documents.

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1. Cancer is an emerging public health problem in the WHO African Region. According toGlobocan,1 there were 582 000 new cancer cases in sub-Saharan Africa in 2002. The commonestcancers in men are Kaposi’s sarcoma and cancers of the liver and prostate gland; in women cancersof the cervix and breast and Kaposi’s sarcoma are the commonest.2. In developed countries, one third of cancers are preventable, one third are curable and theremaining one third are incurable. The situation in Africa is quite different with 80%–90% of cancercases being incurable at presentation, 10%–15% curable when given appropriate treatment and lessthan 5% preventable. In 2002, 412 100 people in sub-Saharan Africa died from cancer. If nointerventions are put in place, it is projected that by the year 2020, the number of new cancer caseswill be 804 000 and the number of deaths due to cancer will be 626 400.3. The main risk factors for cancer are viral and other infectious conditions such as hepatitis,HIV/AIDS or schistomiasis; tobacco use; environmental pollution; unhealthy diet; excessive alcoholintake; age; and lack of physical exercise. Prevention frequently offers the most cost-effective longtermstrategy for cancer control. Preventive measures are doubly beneficial as they can alsocontribute to preventing other chronic diseases that share the same risk factors. Regional Committee for Africa Fifty-seventh SessionBrazzaville, Republic of Congo, 27–31 August 2007, Provisional agenda item 9

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