CANCER REGISTRY IN THUA THIEN HUE PERIOD 2001-2009
The population-based cancer registry in the Thuathien Hue province was carry out by Hue Central Hospital. Objectives: To be determination the cancer incidence in the community, to contribute to assessement the cancer burden in the whole country and analyse the epidemiology characters of some popular cancers in this area. Method: The active registering procedure has been performed, the data were collected from 14 hospitals and disposed in the international classification for oncology (ICD-O3). The data was stored in the CANREG software version 4 and analysed in the EPI-INFO. Result: It is estimate that 7,324 new cancer cases were registered in the period 2001-2009 including 55.54% in males and 44.46% in females. There is 53.71% of cancer incidence were diagnosed by pathology of primary tumor. The crude rate is 123.9, the age -standardised rate is 173.5 per 100,000 inhabitants in males and females is 95.3, 103.9 respectively. The cancer of liver, stomach, lung, oral cavity and lymphoma non Hodgkin are leading cancers in males, specially the liver cancer rate is highest (34.8). The leading cancer in females are breast, stomach, cervix, lung and liver with the breast cancer rate is highest (21.7).The cancer diseases has increased after 40 years old in the Thua Thien Hue inhabitants, males increased rapidly than females and both gender came to the top of the age-specific rate at 70-75 years old.