Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: building local capacity for data production, analysis, and interpretation

A new research article by scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in The Lancet Oncology, reports on the cancer burden in sub-Saharan Africa using estimates of national cancer incidence and mortality from the IARC GLOBOCAN 2020 database.

The authors focus on the availability of the underlying recorded data across the region, arguing that investment in the primary source of information – population-based cancer registries – equips the individual countries with the continuous data necessary to plan and inform national cancer services.

Bray F, Parkin DM, on behalf of the African Cancer Registry Network
Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a review of current estimates of the national burden, data gaps, and future needs
Lancet Oncol, Published online 9 May 2022;
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00270-4

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