TY - JOUR ID - 16030 TI - Burden of Cancer in North Sudan: A community-based Survey JO - Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular Biology JA - EAJBSC LA - en SN - 2090-0767 AU - Ahmed, Hussain Gadelkarim AU - Eltom, Faris Margani AU - Doumi, Mazin Abdulrahman AU - Eltybe, Mohmmed Madani AU - Mahmoud, Tagreed Ahmed AU - Ebnoof, Syda Omer AU - Salih, Rashid Awad Abdalla AD - Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. AD - College of Medical Laboratory Science, Sudan University of Science & Technology & Department of medical laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, KSA AD - Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kordofan, Sudan & University of Hail, KSA AD - Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Elneelain University, Khartoum, Sudan AD - Department of Histopathology and Cytology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 55 EP - 63 KW - Cancer KW - Sudan KW - Relatives KW - Breast KW - Leukemia DO - 10.21608/eajbsc.2014.16030 N2 - Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the approximate epidemiology of cancer burden in the adults' population of North Sudan. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey among 1200 individuals was performed. A purposeful form was used to collect cancer-related data. Results: About 865 participants had responded. Out of 865 respondents, 346(41.1%) had relatives with cancer. The most frequent mentioned cancers were breast, leukemia, colon, prostate, oral, lung, cervix and stomach, representing, 24.8%, 17%, 15%, 14.6%, 14.3%, 13.9%, 10.6% and 9.6%, respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of cancer was higher among adults population in North Sudan. The full burden of cancer in Sudan remains mysterious, since there no effective cancer registry in the country UR - https://eajbsc.journals.ekb.eg/article_16030.html L1 - https://eajbsc.journals.ekb.eg/article_16030_cc21455fcd19ca85f082839a6903dfe6.pdf ER -