Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Kenya

Clifford, Peter; Beecher, J. L.

doi:10.1038/bjc.1964.3

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“…The most common carcinoma in African children overall (all series combined) is nasopharyngeal carcinoma (17.6%, Table 8.11a ), as it is in Kenya (Nairobi and Eldoret), Uganda (Kampala), and RSA (black children). The relatively high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancers in Kenya – including childhood cases - was noted by Clifford and Beecher (1961) [ 102 ]. In the United States, black children had an incidence five times that in whites [ 107 ], and nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been reported to be the most frequent epithelial neoplasm in several case series (Ibadan, Nigeria [ 67 ], Uganda [ 99 ] and Zambia [ 92 ]).…”

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Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa

Stefan¹,

Bray²,

Ferlay³

et al. 2017

ecancer

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Measurement of incidence rates of childhood cancer in Africa is difficult. The study ‘Cancer of Childhood in sub Saharan Africa’ brings together results from 16 population-based registries which, as members of the African Cancer Registry Network (AFCRN), have been evaluated as achieving adequate coverage of their target population. The cancers are classified according to the third revision of the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC-3) and recorded rates in Africa are compared with those in childhood populations in the UK, France, and the USA.It is clear that, in many centres, lack of adequate diagnostic and treatment facilities leads to under-diagnosis (and enumeration) of leukaemias and brain cancers. However, for several childhood cancers, incidence rates in Africa are higher than those in high-income countries. This applies to infection-related cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma, Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, and also to two common embryonal cancers - retinoblastoma and nephroblastoma. These (and other) observations are unlikely to be artefact, and are of considerable interest when considering possible aetiological factors, including ethnic differences in risk (and hence genetic/familial antecedents).The data reported are the most extensive so far available on the incidence of cancer in sub Saharan Africa, and clearly indicate the need for more resources to be devoted to cancer registration, especially in the childhood age range, as part of an overall programme to improve the availability of diagnosis and treatment of this group of cancers, many of which have—potentially—an excellent prognosis.

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Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa

Stefan¹,

Bray²,

Ferlay³

et al. 2017

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“…The present investigation will furnish carbonyl leaf data for future evaluations of the biological activity of derived smoke. The concept that phenylpropanoid-derived chemicals related to lignin may be of some importance to health-related effects in the human respiratory tract is based on epidemiological evidence (Clifford and Beecher, 1964; UICC Monograph, 1967;Acheson et al, 1972;Brinton et al, 1977). Phenols in Experimental Tobacco Materials.…”

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Total carbonyls and phenols in experimental burley and bright tobacco

Andersen¹,

Tso²,

Chaplin³

1979

J. Agric. Food Chem.

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“…ISSN: 2332-4139 observed in the Nepalese population. Knowledge of these variations is important in locating the SAN and avoiding its inadvertent injury during neck procedures such as node biopsies, SAN blocks, and radical neck surgeries [17,18] to avoid the morbidity associated with SAN injury. Therefore, the primary objective of the study is to find the intraoperative relationship between the SAN and the IJV in the upper neck, at the level of superior border of PBD muscle.…”

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