The National Oncology Program

Vandenberg, Theodore A.; Nagi, Nadeem Mohammed Saeed; García, Bertha; Kirk, Catherine; Gilchrist, J. A.; Poirier, Susan; Allen, Hugh; Driedger, Albert A.; Fournie, Kate; Basahi, M. A.; Robinsong, Martin

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“…Breast cancer in Yemen: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the foremost cause of cancer death among women in Yemen. Breast cancer is the most common cancer (16.6%) of all cancers and of all female cancers (30.3%) in Yemen 2,3 . Local studies from the Sana'a, Aden and Hadhramaut regions of Yemen reported that breast cancer was classified as the number one cancer among Yemeni women.…”

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Critical Assessment of Three Decades of Breast Cancer Research in Yemen: Systematic Review

Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar,

Lutfi A.S. Al-Maktari,

Hisham Alshaikhli

et al. 2021

MLU

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Objective: The aim of this review is to critically assess three decades (1989 to 2019) of breast cancer research in Yemen and to identify the gaps in, and need for, breast cancer research in Yemen. Methodology: A search was performed in Web of Science, EMBASE, PubMed, Google Scholar and Ovid to identify articles on breast cancer research in Yemen that were published in the last three decades. The articles were selected and reviewed by experts in this field, based on clinical relevance and future research implications. Results: This review comprised 19,031 participants, extracted from 27 articles that were included and analyzed. Breast cancer patients in Yemen were commonly diagnosed at an early age of 50 years or younger. Overall, awareness of breast cancer among Yemeni women was very poor. Some studies reported that a low rate of only 11%-17.4% of Yemeni women practiced breast screen examination. Only 1.6% of the Yemeni women had been screened by a mammogram test. The highest performed surgery was a modified radical mastectomy (N=211). The highest cases of breast cancer were reported in Hadramout (N=956) and the most common histological subtype was invasive ductal carcinoma (N=2695). Conclusions: Yemen is characterised by three decades of scattered, fragmented and poor quality breast cancer research. Therefore, there is a need to establish a breast cancer research center in Yemen to research all aspects of breast cancer in Yemen, and to build bridges for collaborations in breast cancer research globally.

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“…In 2015 there were about 1.7 million confirmed cases of breast cancer, resulting in some 521,900 deaths, worldwide 1 . In Yemen, breast cancer is recorded as the commonest cancer among women (30.3%) and the most common of all cancers (16.6%) 2,3 .…”

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Critical Assessment of Three Decades of Breast Cancer Research in Yemen: Systematic Review

Redhwan Ahmed Al-Naggar,

Lutfi A.S. Al-Maktari,

Hisham Alshaikhli

et al. 2021

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“…We have the expertise. Members of the Union for national oncology program in Yemen, 37 cervical cancer programs in Kenya and Mongolia, 38 cancer planning for East Africa and a breast centre in rural Bangladesh. 39 The Canadian branch of the International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research is engaged in cancer control in Brazil and palliative care in India, Nepal, Brazil and Tanzania.…”

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The global cancer epidemic: opportunities for Canada in low- and middle-income countries

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Vandenberg

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“…The total number of registered cancer cases by the Ministry of Health was approximately between 20 000 to 25,000 cases of different cancers until 2018. However, the true cancer incidence in Yemen is unknown due to limited resources for pathology, the scarcity of epidemiological studies and the scarcity, and quality of medical records, and limited epidemiology resources [15]. Moreover, there are no early screening programs for most cancers, except for breast cancer which was introduced in 2005 (The National Cancer Control Foundation (NCCF)).…”

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Knowledge and Public Awareness of Cancer Risk Factors and Determinants among Yemeni adults- A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Ibrahim¹,

Rhazi²,

Benazzouz³

et al. 2021

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Cancer is the second biggest cause of premature death after cardiovascular diseases. However, the majority of cancers are caused by risk factors that may be changed. Knowledge is frequently a component of the behavior modification process. Data on the target population’s level of knowledge is required. A cross-sectional survey about nine risk factors for cancer was conducted in four areas in Yemen. The data was analyzed using spss statistics (version20). Among the (571) subjects who took part in the research. The majority of respondents agreed that active smoking, alcohol consumptions are cancer risk factors and physical activity as a preventive factor for developing cancer. However, fewer respondents agreed that passive smoking, lack of fresh vegetables and fruits, sun overexposure, obesity, air pollution in cities and indoor smoke, physical inactivity are cancer risk factors. Participants’ responses were shown to have a strong relationship with their educational level, residency, and gender. The higher the educational level and whenever the gender was male and residency urban the higher the probability that respondents identified cancer risk factors including smoking and physical activity as a preventive factor (p<0.0005). The findings show that this community has little knowledge of prevalent cancer risk factors.

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The National Oncology Program

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Critical Assessment of Three Decades of Breast Cancer Research in Yemen: Systematic Review

Critical Assessment of Three Decades of Breast Cancer Research in Yemen: Systematic Review

The global cancer epidemic: opportunities for Canada in low- and middle-income countries

Knowledge and Public Awareness of Cancer Risk Factors and Determinants among Yemeni adults- A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

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