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Cancer in Ethiopia

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1470-2045(12)70399-6

1474-5488

Yohannes W. Woldeamanuel, Belaineh Girma, Alula M. Teklu,

Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Ethiopia has a population of more than 84 million people and is expected to become the ninth most populous country in the world by 2050. The growing population coupled with lifestyle changes will mean an increasing burden of cancer. However, oncology services are wholly inadequate--no cancer registry exists, and only one cancer centre, with a handful of doctors and nurses, struggles to serve the entire country.