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Cancer survival rate in Qatar one of the highest, data show
01 May 2021 - 8:30
The Peninsula
Doha: The Qatar National Cancer Registry of the National Cancer Program at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has released recent data on cancer incidence rates in Qatar.
A total of 1,960 new cancer cases were diagnosed during 2018. Cases were distributed by 20% among Qataris, 80% among residents, 46% among females and 54% among males.
The most common cancer among all nationalities was breast cancer, accounting for 16.58% of all cancer cases, followed by colorectal cancer at 9.44%.
Thyroid cancer was the third most common cancer, at 6.33% of all cancer cases.
Among females of all nationalities, breast cancer was the most common, accounting for 39.15% of all female cancer cases, followed by thyroid cancer. While in males, colorectal cancer was the most common, accounting for 10.93% of all male cancer cases, followed by prostate cancer, at 9.52%.
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