CANCER INCIDENCE IN CONAKRY, GUINEA - FIRST RESULTS FROM THE CANCER REGISTRY 1992-1995

We have registered 2,064 cases of cancer among the inhabitants of Cona kry, Guinea, during 1992-1994, corresponding to age-standardized incid ence rates (ASRs) of 83.3 per 100,000 in men and 110.5 per 100,000 in women. As elsewhere in West Africa, the principal cancer of men was li ver cancer (ASR 32.6), with modest rates of stomach (ASR 6.2) and pros tate (ASR 8.1) cancers, In women, cervix cancer was the dominant malig nancy (ASR 46.0), followed by liver cancer (ASR 12.5) and breast cance r (ASR 10.9). In contrast to contemporary East and Central Africa, Kap osi's sarcoma remained rare (only 4 cases), In the childhood age group , relatively high incidence rates were found for Hodgkin's disease, Bu rkitt's lymphoma and, especially, retinoblastoma. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.