Prevalence of the cancer in south africa
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Cancer is one of the major killers throughout both the developed and developing world, including South Africa. CANSA is proud to be associated with the NCR and has contributed substantially to the publication of these essential reports.
Although the NCR is a pathology-based registry, resulting in under-reporting of many malignancies, some more than others, many critical decisions need to be made based on its data. A planned population-based registry will be even more vital, especially when decisions relating to screening, prevention, as well as cancer treatments are made.
The lack of an updated cancer registry for South Africa will be a thing of the past as soon as the Department of Health’s regulation, which will compel health care facilities and laboratories to provide the National Cancer Registry (NCR) with information, is published in the Government Gazette.