Denny, Lynnette (2020) Socioeconomic factors and cancer prevention in Africa:Cervical cancer as an example. In: Adebamowo, C. A., Meheus, F, Newton, Robert, Sankaranarayanan, R, Stewart, B. V., Weiderpass, E. and Wild, C. P., (eds.) World Cancer Report. World Cancer Report . International Agency for Research on Cancer , Lyons , pp. 246-51.
Abstract
● In sub-Saharan Africa, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women, after breast cancer, but more women die from cervical cancer than from breast cancer. ● Although cervical cancer is preventable, services for prevention, early detection, and treatment are rare in low-income countries. ● It was found that for women in developing countries the cervical cancer incidence rates were 2-fold higher and the cervical cancer mortality rates were 3-fold higher than those for women in developed countries. ● The poverty rate (a deprivation level measuring the proportion of the population living in extreme poverty) was a strong predictor of cross-national variations in cervical cancer incidence and mortality.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
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Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2022 12:20 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 18:26 |
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Publisher: | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
Series Name: | World Cancer Report |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:182076 |