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Burden and trend of colorectal cancer in 54 countries of Africa 2010–2019: a systematic examination for Global Burden of Disease
Abstract Background: Colorectal cancer plays signifcant role in morbidity, mortality and economic cost in Africa. Objective: To investigate the burden and trends of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) of colorectal cancer in Africa from [...]
Age-standardised incidence rate and epidemiology of colorectal cancer in Africa: a systematic review and metaanalysis
ABSTRACT Objectives Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths globally, with low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) disproportionately affected. Estimates of CRC rates in LMIC are scarce. We aimed to (1) estimate sex-specific [...]
Inflammatory Bowel Disease On-Line Web-Based Guide to Health Professionals and Patients in Developing and African Nations
1.1. Introduction: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is recklessly evolving worldwide as incautious disaster, especially in developing nations as a regional duplicitous emergence disease. It has come to light that adaptive Western culture, rapid urbanization lifestyle [...]
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Ulcerative colitis: a case in Togo
Ulcerative colitis seems to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa. Because its clinical and radiological signs are non-specific, anatomopathologic studies are necessary for definitive diagnosis after exclusion of parasitic, bacterial, and viral causes. The purpose of [...]
Inflammatory bowel disease in rural sub-Saharan Africa: rarity of diagnosis in patients attending mission hospitals
One hundred and eighteen missionaries working on 75 mission stations or hospitals in 24 sub-Saharan African countries provided information about their medical practice in the preceding year of 1981. Details were collected of the total [...]
Inflammatory bowel disease in Cape Town, 1975-1980. Part II. Crohn’s disease
Patients with Crohn's disease seen in the Gastro-intestinal Clinic of Groote Schuur Hospital between 1975 and 1980 were studied to establish the incidence and clinical features of this disease. There were 117 patients and the [...]
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