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Objectives: To estimate incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) caused by cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) between 2005 and 2015. Methods: Vital registration system and cancer registry data from the EMR region were analyzed for 29 cancer groups in 22 EMR countries using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 methodology. Results: In 2015, cancer was responsible for 9.4% of all deaths and 5.1% of all DALYs. It accounted for 722,646 new cases, 379,093 ...
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- Springer Verlag Publisher's website
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- International Journal of Public Health Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2017-08-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-07-07
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1661-8564
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1661-8556
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pubs:713076
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uri:fda77056-f971-4765-b639-cbdbf62318b4
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uuid:fda77056-f971-4765-b639-cbdbf62318b4
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- 2017
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- © The Author(s) 2017. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Burden of cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2005–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study
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