Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40818012›Full record

ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2025

Trends in the incidence of cancers of the male genital system and urinary bladder in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1990-2019.

Eric Chokunonga, Margaret Borok, Alex P Danso, Mike Chirenje, Rudo Makunike-Mutasa, Ntokozo Ndlovu, Biying Liu, Justice Mudavanhu, Donald M Parkin

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cancer causes & control : CCC, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Eric ChokunongaZimbabwe National Cancer Registry, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Margaret BorokZimbabwe National Cancer Registry, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Alex P DansoPioneering Health Group, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mike ChirenjeZimbabwe National Cancer Registry, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Rudo Makunike-MutasaZimbabwe National Cancer Registry, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ntokozo NdlovuZimbabwe National Cancer Registry, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Biying LiuAfrican Cancer Registry Network, Oxford, UK.
Justice MudavanhuDepartment of NCDs, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Donald M ParkinInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. max.parkin@ndph.ox.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-1784

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe cancer registry of Harare, Zimbabwe, founded in 1986 allows the study of the evolution of the cancer epidemic in a Black (African) population over a 30-year period, and is used to investigate trends in the incidence of cancers of the male genital system and urinary tract.

methodsAge standardised incidence rates (ASRs) in the black (African) population of Harare are calculated for four cancers: prostate, testis and penis in men, and bladder in both sexes. Trends are expressed as the average annual percentage change in incidence.

resultsThe incidence of prostate cancer is very high (an ASR of 71.4 per 10

conclusionWhile some of these trends are related to population-level changes in lifestyles, and exposure to environmental factors (such as HPV), the reasons for other changes in incidence are more obscure. Some may be in part due to improvements in diagnostic techniques (endoscopy and imaging), but others-e.g. bladder-merit further investigation.

Indexed as

Genital Neoplasms, MaleProstatic NeoplasmsUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPenile NeoplasmsRegistriesYoung AdultZimbabweBladderCancerIncidencePenisProstateRegistryTrendsZimbabwe

Identifiers

PMID40818012
PMCPMC12578678

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.