Al-Hamdan N, Ravichandran K, Al-Sayyad J, Al-Lawati J, Khazal Z, Al-Khateeb F, Abdulwahab A, Al-Asfour A
Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
East Mediterr Health J. 2009 May-Jun;15(3):600-11.
We describe the patterns of cancer incidence for common cancers in Gulf Cooperation Council countries during 1998-2001. A total of 32,291 cases of cancer were diagnosed (16,342 in males; 15,949 in females). Male preponderance was observed only in Saudi Arabia and Oman. The age-standardized incidence of all malignancies per 100,000 in both sexes was highest in Qatar followed by Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Paediatric cancer ranged from 9.5% of total cancers in Saudi Arabia and UAE to 4.0% in Bahrain. In all countries, the mean age at diagnosis was higher in males than females; cancer of the lung and prostate were commonest among males, and cancer of breast and thyroid among females. Lung cancer ranked second among Bahraini women.
我们描述了1998 - 2001年海湾合作委员会国家常见癌症的发病模式。共诊断出32291例癌症病例（男性16342例；女性15949例）。仅在沙特阿拉伯和阿曼观察到男性占优势。卡塔尔男女每10万人口中所有恶性肿瘤的年龄标准化发病率最高，其次是巴林、科威特、阿曼、阿联酋和沙特阿拉伯。儿童癌症占沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋总癌症的9.5%，占巴林的4.0%。在所有国家，男性的诊断平均年龄高于女性；男性中肺癌和前列腺癌最常见，女性中乳腺癌和甲状腺癌最常见。肺癌在巴林女性中排名第二。
