Title:
NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY - Cancer in Lebanon 2003
Code:
HLS/03/4
Supervisor:
Ministry of Public Health - National Non-communicable Diseases Programme - World Health Organization
Author:
Ministry of Public Health
Page Numbers:
46
Summary:
• PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
• CONTRIBUTORS
• INTRODUCTION
• Objectives of the National Cancer Registry
• Review of activities
• Population of Lebanon
• RESULTS
• Completeness of counts
• Demographic characteristics of cancer cases
• Geographic distribution of cancer in 2003
• Anatomical cancer sites in adults and children
• Pathology of selected cancer types
• Incidence rates in males in 2003
• Incidence rates in females in 2003
• Age-specific and age-adjusted rates for all in 2003
• EDITORIAL COMMENTS
• Epidemiological features of cancer in Lebanon in 2003
• Managerial issues regarding NCR
• Practical implications for sustained and improved NCR activities
• REFERENCES
• TABLES
• FIGURES
• APPENDICES
Year:
2003
Sub-Sector:
Health