Mazvita Sengayi-Muchengeti, W Yvonne Joko-Fru, Adalberto Miranda-Filho, Marcel Egue, Marie-Therese Akele-Akpo, Guy N'da, Assefa Mathewos, Nathan Buziba, Anne Korir, Shyam Manraj, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Carla Carrilho, Rolf Hansen, Anne Finesse, Nontuthuzelo I M Somdyala, Henry Wabinga, Tatenda Chingonzoh, Margaret Borok, Eric Chokunonga, Biying Liu, Elvira Singh, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, D Maxwell Parkin
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in African women. We sought to estimate population-based survival and evaluate excess hazards for mortality in African women with cervical cancer, examining the effects of country-level Human Development Index (HDI), age and stage at diagnosis.We selected a random sample of 2760 incident cervical cancer cases, diagnosed in 2005-2015 from 13 population-based cancer registries in 11 countries (Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe) through the African Cancer Registry Network...
May 25, 2020: International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer