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Ethnic differences in cancer incidence among the Guyanese population
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Afiliação
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlEdwards,ML. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlLayne,P. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlEdwards,YM. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlClementson,, C. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlWalrond, S. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlHamilton, E. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlMcKenzie, N. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlShury, A. Georgetown. Guyana
  • Ministry of Public Health; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease ControlBender. S. Georgetown. Guyana
West Indian med. j ; 65(Supp. 3): [55], 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-18101
Biblioteca responsável: TT2.1
Localização: TT5; W1, WE389
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Globally, cancer is identified as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Trends suggest that ethnic and lifestyle factors are influential to its occurrence. In Guyana, cancers have been a leading cause of mortality over the period 2003 to 2012. However, the influence of ethnicity in the occurrence of cancer has not been examined extensively.

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the occurrence of cancer among the different ethnicities in Guyana from 2003–2012.

METHODS:

Data from 2003–2012 from the population based Guyana Cancer Registry were analysed. Frequencies were determined for each cancer by patient demographics and cancer characteristics. Incidence and mortality rates were calculated using Guyana’s resident 2002 population.

RESULTS:

Of 6518 new cancers, 3956 were in females and 2561 in males. Mean age of females was 55.4 years, SD16.4 and males 62.2 years, SD 18.7 (p < 0.0001). Guyanese Chinese had the highest annual rate (129.9 per100 000); Afro-Guyanese had the highest absolute numbers(2892, 44.4%) and second highest annual incidence(127.4 per 100 000), followed by Indo-Guyanese 2505(37.9%; annual incidence 76.8 per 100 000) and Guyanese of mixed race 510 (7.8%). Male Afro-Guyanese were disproportionately affected by prostate cancer while the females had the highest rates of uterine and second highest rates of breast and cervical cancers. Guyanese Chinese had the highest rates of cervical cancer.

Conclusion:

Further research is needed to determine risk factors for cancers by ethnicity and aggressive campaigns need to be implemented targeting those risk factors to reduce the burden of disease.
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Guiana / Neoplasias Tipo de estudo: Estudo de incidência / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: América do Sul / Caribe Inglês / Guiana Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Artigo / Congresso e conferência Instituição/País de afiliação: Ministry of Public Health/Guyana
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Guiana / Neoplasias Tipo de estudo: Estudo de incidência / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: América do Sul / Caribe Inglês / Guiana Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Artigo / Congresso e conferência Instituição/País de afiliação: Ministry of Public Health/Guyana
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