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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2021

Differences in cancer incidence and pattern between urban and rural Nepal: one-year experience from two population-based cancer registries.

Ranjeeta Subedi, Atul Budukh, Sandhya Chapagain, Pradip Gyanwali, Bishal Gyawali, Kopila Khadka, Chanda Thakur, Uma Dahal, Rajesh Dikshit, Anjani Kumar Jha and 1 more

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Ranjeeta SubediNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Atul BudukhHomi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai 400012, India.
Sandhya ChapagainNational Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Pradip GyanwaliNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Bishal GyawaliDepartments of Oncology and Public Health Sciences, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Canada.
Kopila KhadkaNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Chanda ThakurNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Uma DahalNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Rajesh DikshitHomi Bhabha National Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai 400012, India.
Anjani Kumar JhaNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.
Meghnath DhimalNepal Health Research Council, RamshahPath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

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Abstract

Variations in cancer incidence, mortality and pattern exist in rural and urban areas. Understanding these differences helps in developing targeted cancer prevention and control strategies. However, no previous studies have explored the differences in cancer demographics between the rural and urban areas of Nepal. The data of Kathmandu Valley (urban area) Population-Based Cancer Registry (PBCR) and Rukum (rural area) PBCR were analysed to identify the differences in cancer pattern in rural and urban areas. The age-adjusted incidence rate (AAR) in Kathmandu was higher than that in Rukum (1.6 times among males and 1.9 times among females). The top two leading sites in males were lungs and stomach in both the regions; however, the rates were higher in Kathmandu. The incidence rate for cancer of the urinary bladder among males in Kathmandu was particularly higher - 4.4 times that of Rukum. In females, the leading site of cancer in Kathmandu was breast, which was eight times higher compared to Rukum, whereas the incidence rate of cervix cancer in Kathmandu is 30% less than in Rukum. The incidence of tobacco-related cancer was found to be higher in Kathmandu compared to Rukum. These findings reveal the need for different policy priorities for cancer control in the urban versus rural regions of Nepal, based on the different demographics of cancer in the two areas. Similar studies from other regions of Nepal are needed to develop a targeted cancer control strategy.

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