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AFCRN PUBLICATIONS (2012-2024)

  1. Businge L, Hagenimana M, Motlhale M, Bardot A, Liu B, Anastos K, Castle PE, Murenzi G, Claire K, Sabushimike D, Cyuzuzo C, Kubwimana G, Maniragaba T, Uwinkindi F, Paczkowski M, Soerjomataram I, Parkin DM. Stage at diagnosis and survival by stage for the leading childhood cancers in Rwanda. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Apr 26:e31020. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31020
  2. Moen L, Liu B, Bukirwa P, Chingonzoh T, Chokunonga E, Finesse A, Korir A, Lamin B, Lorenzoni CF, Manraj SS, N'Da G, Odzebe AWS, Ogunbiyi O, Somdyala NIM, Packzowski M, Parkin DM. Trends in the incidence of colorectal cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based registry study. Int J Cancer. 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34942
  3. Gizaw M, Parkin DM, Stöter O, Bukirwa P, Seife E, Chesumbai G, Korir A, Liu B, Manraj SS, Nda G, Somdyala NIM, Kantelhardt EJ. Ovarian cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa by human development index and histological subtypes: A population-based registry study. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jun 1;154(11):1911-1919.
  4. Hämmerl L, Mezger NCS, Seraphin TP, Joko-Fru WY, Griesel M, Feuchtner J, Gnahatin F, Gnangnon FHR, Okerosi N, Amulen PM, Hansen R, Borok MZ, Carrilho C, Mallé B, Ahoui Apendi C, Buziba NG, Seife E, Liu B, Mikolajczyk R, Parkin DM, Kantelhardt EJ, Jemal A. Treatment and Survival Among Patients With Colorectal Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multicentric Population-Based Follow-Up Study. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 Sep;21(9):924-933.e7. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2023.7041.
  5. Liu B, Abraham N, Chitsike I, Sylvie CGL, Kambugu J, Stévy NMA, Pondy AHO, Renner L, Parkin DM. Enhancing information on stage at diagnosis for childhood cancer in Africa. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Oct;70(10):e30555. doi: 10.1002/pbc.30555
  6. Parkin DM, Liu B, Adoubi I, Makouanzi AS, Masalu N, Mrema C, Ndlovu N, Omonisi A, Traore B, Joko-Fru Y. Enhancing information on stage at diagnosis of cancer in Africa. Acta Oncol. 2023 Apr;62(4):335-341. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2205548
  7. Soerjomataram I, Cabasag C, Bardot A, Fidler-Benaoudia MM, Miranda-Filho A, Ferlay J, Parkin DM, Ranganathan R, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Mery L, Joko-Fru YW, Dikshit R, Sankaranarayanan R, Swaminathan R, Bray F; SURVCAN-3 collaborators. Cancer survival in Africa, central and south America, and Asia (SURVCAN-3): a population-based benchmarking study in 32 countries. Lancet Oncol. 2023 Jan;24(1):22-32. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00704-5. PMID: 36603919. 
  8. Gizaw M, Parkin DM, Stöter O, Korir A, Kamate B, Liu B, Bojang L, N'Da G, Manraj SS, Bukirwa P, Chokunonga E, Chingonzoh T, Peko JF, Finesse A, Somdyala N, Ladipo A, Kantelhardt EJ. Trends in the incidence of ovarian cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Cancer. 2022 Oct 24. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34335.
  9. Bray F, Parkin DM; African Cancer Registry Network. Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a review of current estimates of the national burden, data gaps, and future needs. Lancet Oncol. 2022 May 9:S1470-2045(22)00270-4. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00270-4.
  10. Joko-Fru WY, Griesel M, Mezger NCS, Hämmerl L, Seraphin TP, Feuchtner J, Wabinga H, N'da G, Mathewos A, Kamaté B, Nsonde Malanda J, Gnangnon FHR, Chesumbai GC, Korir A, Lorenzoni C, Zietsman A, Borok MZ, Liu B, Thomssen C, McGale P, Jemal A, Parkin DM, Kantelhardt EJ. Breast Cancer Diagnostics, Therapy, and Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Population-Based Registry Study. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2021 Dec 29:1-11. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2021.7011. 
  11. Gullickson C, Goodman M, Joko‐Fru YW, Gnangnon FH, N'Da G, Woldegeorgis MA, Buziba NG, Karugu C, Manraj SS, Lorenzoni CF, Hansen R….and Parkin DM. Colorectal cancer survival in sub‐Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis and Human Development Index: A population‐based registry study. International Journal of Cancer. 2021 Oct 15;149(8):1553-63.
  12. Stoeter O, Seraphin TP, Chitsike I, Chokunonga E, Kambugu JB, Wabinga H, Parkin DM, Kantelhardt EJ. Trends in childhood cancer incidence in sub‐Saharan Africa: Results from 25 years of cancer registration in Harare (Zimbabwe) and Kyadondo (Uganda). International Journal of Cancer. 2021 May 4.
  13. Liu B, Youlden DR, Wabinga H, Nambooze S, Amulen PM, Aitken JF, Parkin DM. Survival from childhood cancer in Kampala, Uganda. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2021 Mar;68(3):e28876.
  14. Parkin DM, Youlden DR, Chitsike I, Chokunonga E, Couitchéré L, Gnahatin F, Nambooze S, Wabinga H, Aitken JF. Stage at diagnosis and survival by stage for the leading childhood cancers in three populations of sub‐Saharan Africa. International journal of cancer. 2021 Jun 1;148(11):2685-91..
  15. Parkin DM, Chingonzoh T, Vuma S, Liu B, Chokunonga E, Ndlovu N and Borok M, 2021 Changes in the Incidence of Cancer in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe over a 50-Year Period. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers, 2021; 30(5), 867-873
  16. Griesel M, Seraphin TP, Mezger NCS, Hämmerl L, Feuchtner J, Joko-Fru WY, Sengayi-Muchengeti M, Liu B, Vuma S, Korir A, Chesumbai GC, Nambooze S, Lorenzoni CF, Akele-Akpo MT, Ayemou A, Traoré CB, Wondemagegnehu T, Wienke A, Thomssen C, Parkin DM, Jemal A, Kantelhardt EJ. Cervical Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study of Care and Guideline Adherence. Oncologist. 2021 May;26(5):e807-e816.
  17. Seraphin TP, Joko-Fru WY, Hämmerl L, Griesel M, Mezger NCS, Feuchtner JC, Adoubi I, Egué MD, Okerosi N, Wabinga H, Hansen R, Vuma S, Lorenzoni C, Coulibaly B, Odzebe SW, Buziba NG, Aynalem A, Liu B, Medenwald D, Mikolajczyk RT, Efstathiou JA, Parkin DM, Jemal A, Kantelhardt EJ. Presentation, patterns of care, and outcomes of patients with prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: A population-based registry study. Cancer. 2021 Nov 15;127(22):4221-4232.
  18. Seraphin TP, Joko-Fru WY, Kamaté B, Chokunonga E, Wabinga H, Somdyala NIM, Manraj SS, Ogunbiyi OJ, Dzamalala CP, Finesse A, Korir A, N'Da G, Lorenzoni C, Liu B, Kantelhardt EJ, Parkin DM. Rising Prostate Cancer Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Trend Analysis of Data from the African Cancer Registry Network. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Jan;30(1):158-165.
  19. Seraphin TP, Joko-Fru WY, Manraj SS, Chokunonga E, Somdyala NIM, Korir A, N'Da G, Finesse A, Wabinga H, Assefa M, Gnangnon F, Hansen R, Buziba NG, Liu B, Kantelhardt EJ, Parkin DM. Prostate cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis, and human development index: a population-based registry study. Cancer Causes Control. 2021 Sep;32(9):1001-1019. 
  20. Yarney J, Ohene Oti NO, Calys-Tagoe BNL, Gyasi RK, Agyeman Duah I, Akoto-Aidoo C, McGuire V, Hsing JC, Parkin M, Tettey Y, Hsing AW. Establishing a Cancer Registry in a Resource-Constrained Region: Process Experience From Ghana. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Apr;6:610-616.
  21. Omonisi AE, Liu B, Parkin DM. Population-Based Cancer Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Its Role in Research and Cancer Control. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020;6:1721-1728.
  22. Ziegenhorn HV, Frie KG, Ekanem IO, Ebughe G, Kamate B, Traore C, Dzamalala C, Ogunbiyi O, Igbinoba F, Liu B, Bauer M, Thomssen C, Parkin DM, Wickenhauser C, Kantelhardt EJ. Breast cancer pathology services in sub-Saharan Africa: a survey within population-based cancer registries. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Oct 2;20(1):912.
  23. Sengayi-Muchengeti M, Joko-Fru WY, Miranda-Filho A, Egue M, Akele-Akpo MT, N'da G, Mathewos A, Buziba N, Korir A, Manraj S, Lorenzoni C, Carrilho C, Hansen R, Finesse A, Somdyala NIM, Wabinga H, Chingonzoh T, Borok M, Chokunonga E, Liu B, Singh E, Kantelhardt EJ, Parkin DM. Cervical cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis and Human Development Index: A population-based registry study [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 25]. Int J Cancer. 2020;10.1002/ijc.33120. doi:10.1002/
  24. Parkin DM, Hämmerl L, Ferlay J, Kantelhardt EJ. Cancer in Africa 2018: the role of infections. International journal of cancer. 2020 Apr 15;146(8):2089-103.
  25. Jedy-Agba E, Joko WY, Liu B, Buziba NG, Borok M, Korir A, Masamba L, Manraj SS, Finesse A, Wabinga H, Somdyala N, Parkin DM. Trends in cervical cancer incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. British Journal of Cancer. 2020 123(1):148-154.
  26. Joko-Fru WY, Miranda-Filho A, Soerjomataram I, Egue M, Akele-Akpo MT, N'da G, Assefa M, Buziba N, Korir A, Kamate B, Traore C, Manraj S, Lorenzoni C, Carrilho C, Hansen R, Finesse A, Somdyala N, Wabinga H, Chingonzoh T, Borok M, Chokunonga E, Liu B, Kantelhardt E, McGale P, Parkin DM. Breast cancer survival in sub-Saharan Africa by age, stage at diagnosis and human development index: A population-based registry study. Int J Cancer. 2020 Mar 1;146(5):1208-1218.
  27. Joko‐Fru WY, Jedy‐Agba E, Korir A, Ogunbiyi O, Dzamalala CP, Chokunonga E, Wabinga H, Manraj S, Finesse A, Somdyala N, Liu B, McGale P, Jemal A, Bray F, Parkin DM. The evolving epidemic of breast cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa. Results from the African Cancer Registry Network. International Journal of Cancer. 2020 147(8):2131-2141
  28. Mezger NC, Feuchtner J, Griesel M, Hämmerl L, Seraphin TP, Zietsman A, Péko JF, Tadesse F, Buziba NG, Wabinga H, Nyanchama M, Borok MZ, Kéita M, N'da G, Lorenzoni CF, Akele-Akpo M-T, Gottschick C, Binder M, Mezger J, Jemal A, Parkin DM, Wickenhauser C, Kantelhardt EJ. Clinical presentation and diagnosis of adult patients with non‐Hodgkin lymphoma in Sub‐Saharan Africa. British Journal of Haematology. 2020 190(2):209-221.
  29. Lorenzoni CF, Ferro J, Carrilho C, Colombet M, Parkin DM. Cancer in Mozambique: Results from two population‐based cancer registries. International Journal of Cancer. 2020;147(6):1629-1637..
  30. Tangka FKL, Subramanian S, Edwards P,  KorirAR, WabingaH,  Chokunonga E, Finesse A, Borok MZ,  Liu B,  Saraiya M,  Parkin DM: Cost of operating population- Based Cancer Registries: Results from 4 sub- Saharan African Countries. Journal of Registry Management .2019;46:114-119
  31. Pat MK, Manraj M, Fauzee J, Sewsurn S, Parkin DM, Manraj S. Trends in cancer incidence in the Republic of Mauritius, 1991–2015. Cancer epidemiology. 2019 Dec 1;63:101616.
  32. Parkin DM. Population risk factors for late-stage presentation of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. Stewart et al Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 Apr; 53: 81-92. Cancer Epidemiology. 2019 Dec 1;63.
  33. Odutola M, Chokunonga E, Pineros M, Liu B, Jemal A, Parkin DM. Essential TNM: Evaluation of a Training Exercise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of registry management. 2019;46(1):15-8.
  34. Hämmerl L, Ferlay J, Borok M, Carrilho C, Parkin DM. The burden of squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva in Africa. Cancer epidemiology. 2019 Aug 1;61:150-3.
  35. Griesel M, Parkin DM, Thomssen C, Kantelhardt EJ. Cervical Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa–a multinational population-based study on treatment guideline adherence. Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde. 2019 Jun;79(06):45.
  36. Okongo F, Ogwang DM, Liu B, Maxwell Parkin D. Cancer incidence in Northern Uganda (2013-2016). Int J Cancer. 2018 Dec 10. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32053
  37. Pilleron S, Soerjomataram I, Charvat H, Chokunonga E, Somdyala NIM, Wabinga H, Korir A, Bray F, Jemal A, Parkin DM. Cancer incidence in older adults in selected regions of sub-Saharan Africa, 2008-2012. Int J Cancer. 2018 Sep 21. doi:10.1002/ijc.31880.
  38. Joko-Fru WY, Parkin DM, Borok M, Chokunonga E, Korir A, Nambooze S, Wabinga H, Liu B, Stefan C. Survival from childhood cancers in Eastern Africa: A population-based registry study. Int J Cancer. 2018 Nov 15;143(10):2409-2415.
  39. Korir A, Yu Wang E, Sasieni P, Okerosi N, Ronoh V, Maxwell Parkin D. Cancer risks in Nairobi (2000-2014) by ethnic group. Int J Cancer. 2017 Feb 15;140(4):788-797.
  40. Parkin DM, Stefan C. Editorial: Childhood Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. Ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Jul 28;11:ed69. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.
  41. Korir A, Yu Wang E, Sasieni P, Okerosi N, Ronoh V, Maxwell Parkin D. Cancer risks in Nairobi (2000-2014) by ethnic group. Int J Cancer. 2017: 140(4):788-797.
  42. Stefan C, Bray F, Ferlay J, Liu B, Maxwell Parkin D. Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa. Ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Jul 28;11:755. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.755. eCollection 2017.
  43. Korir A, Gakunga R, Subramanian S, Okerosi N, Chesumbai G, Edwards P, Tangka F, Joseph R, Buziba N, Rono V, Parkin DM, Saraiya M. Economic analysis of the Nairobi Cancer Registry: Implications for expanding and enhancing cancer registration in Kenya. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Dec;45 Suppl 1:S20-S29
  44. Wabinga H, Subramanian S, Nambooze S, Amulen PM, Edwards P, Joseph R, Ogwang M, Okongo F, Parkin DM, Tangka F. Uganda experience-Using cost assessment of an established registry to project resources required to expand cancer registration. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Nov 24. pii: S1877-7821(16)30218-1.
  45. Tangka FK, Subramanian S, Edwards P, Cole-Beebe M, Parkin DM, Bray F, Joseph R, Mery L, Saraiya M; Cancer registration economic evaluation participants.Resource requirements for cancer registration in areas with limited resources:Analysis of cost data from four low- and middle-income countries. Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Oct 25. pii: S1877-7821(16)30198-9.
  46. Ekanem IO, Parkin DM. Five year cancer incidence in Calabar, Nigeria (2009-2013). Cancer Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;42:167-72.
  47. Chokunonga E, Windridge P, Sasieni P, Borok M, Parkin DM. Black-white differences in cancer risk in Harare, Zimbabwe, during 1991-2010. Int J Cancer.2016 138(6):1416-21
  48. Islami F, Lortet-Tieulent J, Okello C, Adoubi I, Mbalawa CG, Ward EM, Parkin DM, Jemal A. Tumor size and stage of breast cancer in Côte d'Ivoire and Republic of Congo - Results from population-based cancer registries. Breast. 2015;24(6):713-7.
  49. Gakunga R, Parkin DM; African Cancer Registry Network. Cancer registries in Africa 2014: A survey of operational features and uses in cancer control planning. Int J Cancer. 2015 Nov 1;137(9):2045-52.
  50. Korir A, Okerosi N, Ronoh V, Mutuma G, Parkin M. Incidence of cancer in Nairobi, Kenya (2004-2008). Int J Cancer. 2015 Nov 1;137(9):2053-9.
  51. Cheng ML, Zhang L, Borok M, Chokunonga E, Dzamamala C, Korir A, Wabinga HR,Hiatt RA, Parkin DM, Van Loon K. The incidence of oesophageal cancer in Eastern Africa: identification of a new geographic hot spot? Cancer Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;39(2):143-9
  52. Somdyala NI, Parkin DM, Sithole N, Bradshaw D. Trends in cancer incidence in rural Eastern Cape Province; South Africa, 1998-2012. Int J Cancer. 2015 Mar1;136(5):E470-4
  53. Parkin DM, Bray F, Ferlay J, Jemal A. Cancer in Africa 2012. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jun;23(6):953-66.
  54. Wabinga HR, Nambooze S, Amulen PM, Okello C, Mbus L, Parkin DM. Trends in the incidence of cancer in Kampala, Uganda 1991-2010. Int J Cancer. 2014;135(2):432-9.
  55. Adewole I, Martin DN, Williams MJ, Adebamowo C, Bhatia K, Berling C, Casper C, Elshamy K, Elzawawy A, Lawlor RT, Legood R, Mbulaiteye SM, Odedina FT, Olopade OI, Olopade CO, Parkin DM, Rebbeck TR, Ross H, Santini LA, Torode J, Trimble EL, Wild CP, Young AM, Kerr DJ. Building capacity for sustainable research programmes for cancer in Africa. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2014 Mar 11. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.37.
  56. Chokunonga E, Borok MZ, Chirenje ZM, Nyakabau AM, Parkin DM. Trends in the incidence of cancer in the black population of Harare, Zimbabwe 1991-2010. Int J Cancer. 2013 Aug 1;133(3):721-9.
  57. Jemal A, Bray F, Forman D, O'Brien M, Ferlay J, Center M, Parkin DM. Cancer burden in Africa and opportunities for prevention. Cancer. 2012 118(18):4372-84.

 

Updated 3 May 2024