Irabor David O
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Niger Med J. 2017 May-Jun;58(3):87-91. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.234076.
It seems not too long ago that colon and rectal cancer is a "rare" disease in rural Africa; however, over the last 30 years in West Africa, published evidence has shown decade by decade increases in the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). Therefore, CRC should now be accepted as a recognized disease in native Africans; nevertheless, we must acknowledge that the incidence is a fraction of what obtains in the developed countries of Europe and America. This presentation will attempt to examine the emergence of CRC within the West African axis over the last four decades.
似乎就在不久前,结肠癌和直肠癌在非洲农村还是一种“罕见”疾病;然而,在过去30年里,西非公布的证据表明,结直肠癌(CRC)的发病率十年比十年有所上升。因此,CRC现在应该被视为非洲本土的一种公认疾病;尽管如此,我们必须承认,其发病率仅为欧美发达国家的几分之一。本报告将试图探讨过去四十年来CRC在西非地区的出现情况。