Cancer Incidence in Kabul, Afghanistan: The First Report From the Population‐Based Cancer Registry
The high incidence of breast, stomach, and esophagus cancers highlights the need for policymakers and healthcare providers to develop cancer control programs focused on primary prevention, early detection, and quality diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, this study underscores the importance of cancer registries and emphasizes the need to strengthen the KCR to improve data quality.
Authors
- Jesse B. Bump (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1014-0456)
- Gholamreza Roshandel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5494-0722)
- Fatemeh Ghasemi‐Kebria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-9142)
- Maihan Abdullah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-6767)
- Timothy R. Rebbeck
- Goodarz Danaei
- Nisar Niazi
- Ikram Hashimi
- Sabira Niyazi
- Marwa Sarwari
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Golestan University (IR)
- Balkh University (AF)
- Ministry of Public Health (AF)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Golestan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70844
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.14