Cancer survival in Africa, Asia, and Central America: a population-based study

• Main Authors: Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Rajaraman Swaminathan, Hermann Brenner, Kexin Chen, Kee Seng Chia, Jian Guo Chen, Stephen CK Law, Yoon Ok Ahn, Yong Bing Xiang, Balakrishna B. Yeole, Hai Rim Shin, Viswanathan Shanta, Ze Hong Woo, Nimit Martin, Yupa Sumitsawan, Hutcha Sriplung, Adolfo Ortiz Barboza, Sultan Eser, Bhagwan M. Nene, Krittika Suwanrungruang, Padmavathiamma Jayalekshmi, Rajesh Dikshit, Henry Wabinga, Divina B. Esteban, Adriano Laudico, Yasmin Bhurgri, Ebrima Bah, Nasser Al-Hamdan
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=75449107952&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51112
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Population-based cancer survival data, a key indicator for monitoring progress against cancer, are not widely available from countries in Africa, Asia, and Central America. The aim of this study is to describe and discuss cancer survival in these regions. Methods: Survival analysis was d...