Cancer in Africa: Is It a Genetic or Environmental Health Problem?

• Published in: Frontiers in oncology Vol. 10; p. 604214
• Main Authors: Bahnassy, Abeer A, Abdellateif, Mona S, Zekri, Abdel-Rahman N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 14.12.2020
• Subjects: Africa; cancer; incidence; mortality; Oncology; survival; mortality; cancer; incidence; Africa; survival

Patients of African ancestry have the poorest outcome and the shortest survival rates from cancer globally. This could be attributed to many variables including racial, biological, socioeconomic and sociocultural factors (either single, multiple or combined), which may be responsible for this major...