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P3.05 - Poster Session/ Prevention and Tobacco Control (ID 217)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Poster
- Track: Prevention and Tobacco Control
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 9/09/2015, 09:30 - 17:00, Exhibit Hall (Hall B+C)
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P3.05-005 - Trends in Lung Cancer Survival in Middle East and Africa, 1995-2009 (ID 642)
09:30 - 09:30 | Author(s): Z. Zaidi
- Abstract
Background:
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in men and the third most common in women. Tobacco smoking, including second-hand smoke, is the predominant cause of lung cancer worldwide. Screening for lung cancer is under development. It is one of the most aggressive human cancers, with a 5-year overall survival of 10-15%.
Methods:
Individual lung tumour records were submitted by 11 population-based cancer registries, 03 in Arab countries in Middle East (Jordan, Saoudi Arabia and Qatar) and 08 in Africa (Algeria, Lybia, Tunisia, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Gambia) for 6535 adults (15-99 years) diagnosed during 1995-2009 and followed up to 31 December 2009 . Estimated five-year net survival, adjusted for background mortality by single year of age, sex, calendar year in each country .
Results:
Age standardised five year net survival was generaly low in the range 10-20% for most geographical areas both in the developed and developing world. Survival was very low less than 10% (only 02% in Lybia).
Conclusion:
Surveillance of cancer survival is seen as important by national and international agencies, cancer patient advocacy groups, departments of health and research agencies. Cancer survival research is being used to formulate cancer control strategies to prioritise cancer control measures and to evaluate both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of those strategies.
