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The epidemiology of cancer in the United Arab Emirates: A systematic review

OBJECTIVE: We conducted a systematic review to explore the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s cancer-specific epidemiological profiles. METHODS: We followed the standardized methods for conducting and reporting systematic reviews. We employed a highly sensitive and extensive strategy to identify all...

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Autores principales: Radwan, Hadia, Hasan, Hayder, Ballout, Rami A., Rizk, Rana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6320101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30558043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013618
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author Radwan, Hadia
Hasan, Hayder
Ballout, Rami A.
Rizk, Rana
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Ballout, Rami A.
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description OBJECTIVE: We conducted a systematic review to explore the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s cancer-specific epidemiological profiles. METHODS: We followed the standardized methods for conducting and reporting systematic reviews. We employed a highly sensitive and extensive strategy to identify all studies on the prevalence and incidence of cancer in the UAE, searching electronic databases and the grey literature. We assessed the methodological quality of the studies, summarized them, and qualitatively analyzed their results. RESULTS: We included 4 retrospective studies published between 2003 and 2011, reporting data gathered between 1982 and 2004. The majority of the data were collected from national cancer registries and addressed adult Emiratis and certain cancer types. All included studies employed validated procedures for diagnostic confirmation. The overall age-standardized cancer rates were 70.1 and 74.2 per 100,000 in males and females, respectively. Lung, gastric, and prostate cancer ranked as the top 3 types in Emirati males; while breast, cervical, and thyroid cancer were the top 3 types in Emirati females. Men exhibited higher rates of lung and stomach cancers compared with women. The majority of the studies were of acceptable methodological quality. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the need for high-quality future research and systematic cancer data collection and registration to provide reliable data on the current incidence of cancer. We hope that our findings guide the tailoring of interventions aimed at curbing cancer rates in the UAE.
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spelling pubmed-63201012019-01-14 The epidemiology of cancer in the United Arab Emirates: A systematic review Radwan, Hadia Hasan, Hayder Ballout, Rami A. Rizk, Rana Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article OBJECTIVE: We conducted a systematic review to explore the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s cancer-specific epidemiological profiles. METHODS: We followed the standardized methods for conducting and reporting systematic reviews. We employed a highly sensitive and extensive strategy to identify all studies on the prevalence and incidence of cancer in the UAE, searching electronic databases and the grey literature. We assessed the methodological quality of the studies, summarized them, and qualitatively analyzed their results. RESULTS: We included 4 retrospective studies published between 2003 and 2011, reporting data gathered between 1982 and 2004. The majority of the data were collected from national cancer registries and addressed adult Emiratis and certain cancer types. All included studies employed validated procedures for diagnostic confirmation. The overall age-standardized cancer rates were 70.1 and 74.2 per 100,000 in males and females, respectively. Lung, gastric, and prostate cancer ranked as the top 3 types in Emirati males; while breast, cervical, and thyroid cancer were the top 3 types in Emirati females. Men exhibited higher rates of lung and stomach cancers compared with women. The majority of the studies were of acceptable methodological quality. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight the need for high-quality future research and systematic cancer data collection and registration to provide reliable data on the current incidence of cancer. We hope that our findings guide the tailoring of interventions aimed at curbing cancer rates in the UAE. Wolters Kluwer Health 2018-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6320101/ /pubmed/30558043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013618 Text en Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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title_short The epidemiology of cancer in the United Arab Emirates: A systematic review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6320101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30558043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013618
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