Open AccessIncidence and mortality of cancer in the Volta Region of Ghana
Author(s) -
Samuel Mawuli Adadey,
Sylvester Languon,
Richmond Ayee,
Darius Quansah,
Osbourne Quaye
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
experimental biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1535-3702
pISSN - 1535-3699
DOI - 10.1177/1535370220931514
Subject(s) - cancer , medicine , incidence (geometry) , cervical cancer , population , cancer registry , breast cancer , socioeconomic status , liver cancer , disease , epidemiology , epidemiology of cancer , demography , environmental health , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
Region-specific cancer reports are essential in knowing the common cancers in specific populations. This study reports all cancer types recorded in the major hospitals in the Volta Region of Ghana, a population that is sparsely captured in the national cancer registries. The study identified the common cancers as well as the death rates in the Volta Region, hence contributing to the national effort to report cancer data. Although not comprising all the elements of a cancer registry, our data will augment the effort of the two national cancer registries in Ghana to provide the national cancer reports.