Cancer incidence in the African population of Harare, Zimbabwe: Second results from the Cancer Registry 1993-1995

The data of the population-based cancer registry in Harare, Zimbabwe, for 1 993-1995 are presented and compared with those from 1990-1992. The most sig nificant change in rates is the striking increase in the incidence of Kapos i's sarcoma (KS) in both men and women, compatible with the evolution of th e AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The incidence of KS doubled in both sexes and now accounts for 31.1% of registered cancers. It has overtaken br east cancer to become the second most common tumour in African women, after cervical cancer, and is now one of the leading childhood rumours, accounti ng for 10.3% of cancers recorded in children (ages 0-14). With the exceptio n of KS, the incidence and pattern of occurrence of the other malignant neo plasms changed little during the observed 6 years. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc .