Cancer management in Sudan: current status and future perspectives

Introduction:Sudan is one of the developing countries that face a great challenge with cancer management.About 5700 cases had been seen during year 2007 in Radiation and Isotope Center- Khartoum (RICK)and Institute of Nuclear medicine; Molecular biology; and Oncology (INMO) Wadmedani which are the only cancer centers in Sudan. Purpose:Aim of this work is to highlight the difficulties of cancer management in Sudan and to propose possible solutions.Methods:This paper evaluates the current situation of cancer management in Sudan through reviewing of data available in cancer centers and reports from the Sudan national bureau of statistic.Suggestions are also made for cancer control plan in Sudan having the currentsituation in mind and guided by the published international data on cancer control.Results:The preliminary analysis of the available data reveals that Sudan has very limited resources available to deal with cancer and the service provided is not evenly distributed.Conclusion:Establishment of new centers is extremely needed with special attention to good distribution of services.To achieve such a goal training of more staff and upgrading of the existing centers is mandatory to manage all types of cancer.Cancer registry is the right way to plan for cancer control in sudan

Study of selected trace elements in cancerous and non-cancerous human breast tissues from Sudanese subjects using instrumental neutron activation analysis.

This study was performed to investigate the influence of cancer on selected trace elements among Sudanese patients with confirmed breast cancer. Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to estimate contents of Se, Zn, Fe, Cr, Rb, Cs, Co and Sc in 40 subjects. Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to examine if there was any difference in the concentrations of elements from normal and malignant tissues. It was found that Se, Zn and Cr elements from the malignant tissues are significantly elevated (P < 0.05) compared to the normal tissue. The results obtained have shown consistency with results obtained by some previous studies.