Fig. 13.1 Example of treatment pathway in cancer 13.2 Access to Cancer Care Access to cancer services although generally poor, is variable across the region. Barriers to access could be…
Fig. 9.1 Number of new gastrointestinal cancers in SSA and the world in 2012 and projected increase by 2030 (IARC 2016) Sub-Saharan cancer statistic estimates are limited by the lack…
Number of new cases Number attributable to infection Attribute fraction (%) Worldwide 14,000,000 2,200,000 15.4 Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 630,000 200,000 31.3 North Africa and west Asia 540,000 70,000 13.1…
Fig. 1.1 Age-standardised cancer incidence and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa by gender (Ferlay et al. 2013) 1.2.1 Males Prostate cancer accounted for the highest estimated number of cancer cases…
Fig. 15.1 Reach of Palliative care in Africa. Courtesy Anne Merriman, Hospice Africa Uganda, 2016 The program has an English, French and bilingual teams but also intervenes in countries with…
Fig. 6.1 Current incidence and projected number of new cancer in sub-Saharan Africa by 2035 (Ferlay et al. 2013) By international standards, breast cancer in SSA is not common (Chokunonga…
Study Men randomised (n) Intervention arm (n) Control arm (n) Age range (years) Number of centres ERSPC 162,243 72,891 89,352 55–69 7 Goteborg 19,904 9952 9952 50–64 1 PLCO 76,685…
Fig. 12.1 Algorithm for treatment of scalp and skull fracture In head and neck cancer, a tumour excision that leaves a deformity after reconstruction produces a low quality of life….
Fig. 10.1 Incidence and mortality age standardized rate of ovarian cancer according to United Nations world regions in 2012 (United Nations 2014) There are several factors that increase the risk…
Fig. 8.1 Age standardised incidence and mortality of top 10 cancers in sub-Saharan African women compared to Europe in 2012 (GLOBOCAN 2012) Within SSA, there is a wide variation in…
