Abstract
Background
Data from the population-based cancer registries has been shown to be very useful for cancer research and development of national cancer control programmes. The data from other older population-based cancer registries outside Ekiti State was used in the past to develop cancer intervention which was not give a true picture of the reality. The Ekiti Cancer Registry was the first population-based cancer registry established in Ekiti State basically, to assess the incidence and monitor the trend of cancer in Ekiti State.
Methods: The data from Ekiti Cancer Registry was extracted in all laboratories, diagnostic centres, wards, clinics, death certificate and autopsy registers from health facilities and hospitals in the catchment area of the registry which are Ado and Ido-Osi Local Government where cancer cases are diagnosed and or managed. The data was abstracted and entered into CanReg 5 database. Analysis was conducted using the CanReg 5 software.
Results: We report the first cancer incidence results of the five years of registration (2013- 2017). A total of one thousand two hundred and six (1206) cases of cancer were registered; six hundred and forty-one (641) women with an ASR of 91.5 per 100,000 population and five hundred and sixty -five(565) men with an ASR 81.5 per 100,000 population. The top three common cancers recorded were Breast, Cervix and lymphomas in the women, and Prostate, Lymphomas and Colon cancer in men. Surprisingly, the ASR of Prostate Cancer (46.0 per 100,000) is higher than that of breast (ASR 39.5 per 100,000). These figures suggest a departure from most reports in this region which reported a higher ASR for breast cancer when compared to the prostate cancer.
Conclusion: There is an urgent need to further study the various epidemiological factors that might be responsible for the high ASR for Prostate Cancer. This is the very first cancer incidence report from Ekiti state, and this would provide the needed platform for a more specific cancer control programme in the geographical region.
KEYWORDS: Trends, Incidence, Cancer Registry, Ekiti, Nigeria.