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PRICNE MOHAMMED BIN FAHAD UNIVERSITY
Cancer in Saudi Arabia
Biography
Abdul Aziz M Hazazi
PMU # 201100122
To: Dr. Ali Gazho
Biography
Dr. Abdul-Rahman Jazieh. (09 Feb 2012). Cancer Care in Saudi Arabia: An interview with International Affairs
Committee member Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, MD, MPH. Retrieved from:
http://connection.asco.org/Magazine/Article/ID/3141/Cancer-Care-in-Saudi-Arabia.aspx
This report prepared by Dr. Jazieh he is one of Affairs Committee member at king Abdul-Aziz city, also in this
report we will discover that according to the Cancer Incidence and Survival Report 2007 by the Saudi Cancer
Registry (scr.org.sa), 12,309 cancer cases were diagnosed in Saudi Arabia in 2007 (Saudi Arabia’s population at
the time was approximately 17 million). Breast cancer placed first in incidence (13.8%), after that colorectal
(9.9%), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL; 7.7%), thyroid (6.4%), leukemia (6.2%), liver (4.8%), and lung cancer
(4.5%).
Isbister, William H. (Apr2000) Rectal cancer in the kingdom of saudi arabia: The king faisal specialist hospital
experience. Retrieved from:
http://web.ebscohost.com.library.pmu.edu.sa:2048/ehost/detail?sid=f54904a1-24c9-47a5-a1b8b4673aef4120%40sessionmgr113&vid=1&hid=112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&A
N=5215403
This study generated because there were no survival data have yet been published from the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia for patients with rectal cancer. The present paper reports experience with these patients over an 8-year
period. This paper is the first to describe rectal cancer, its management and patient survival in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. The data presented represent a single surgeon’s experience over an 8-year period. There were more
women with rectal cancer than men. This finding may represent a true difference in the disease between the
Kingdom and the West.
BROWN, S.BELGAUMI, A.1. (May 2009). European Journal of Cancer Care: Failure to attend appointments and
loos to follow up: a prospective study of patients with Malignant Lymphoma in Riyadh Retrieved from:
http://web.ebscohost.com.library.pmu.edu.sa:2048/ehost/detail?vid=4&hid=16&sid=8ce58b18-52b1-4b6d-b7fc7bc1651899e6%40sessionmgr10&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=37841528
This report discussed the failure to attend medical appointments (No Show) and loss to follow-up (LTFU) among
patients with cancer can adversely affect their treatment and eventual outcome. In a 3-year future study of 199
patients with lymphoma, all of those with No Shows were contacted, and reasons given for No Shows were
categorized. Of the 340 No Shows, 34.1% were due to hospital-based communication errors, 17.6% to errors in
patient communication with the hospital, 7.4% to transportation problems and 16.5% to other personal reasons.
Almost one quarter (24.4%) of the patients were not contactable.
Haya S. Al-Eid, BDS, DFE, CTR (2007) Cancer Incidence and Survival Report. Retrieved from
http://www.scr.org.sa/reports/SCR2007.pdf
This source explains & highlighted the 2007 cancer incidence report represent the 11th publication for the cancer
registry since its establishment in 1992. Therefore, this report was presented by Saudi Cancer Registry (SCR) is
the 1st registry in the Middle East area to report on national survival data. This report showed that despite the
continued effort to ascertain comprehensive case finding which in part might be one of the reasons behind the
increasing number of cancer cases reported, they do believe that there is a rise in the cancer incidence in Saudi
Arabia
Almuzaini, A.S.1 ( 1998) The attitude of health care professionals toward the availability of hospice Services
for cancer patients and their cares in Saudi Arabia. Retrieved from:
http://web.ebscohost.com.library.pmu.edu.sa:2048/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=16&sid=15962c08-747e49b0942f1b34ce91466f%40sessionmgr110&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&A
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The main purposes of this study were to measure cancer care in Saudi Arabia. Six-hundred-and-ninety-five
participants (136 cancer patients, 161 informal cares, and 398 health care professionals) were employed from
oncology centers in four major regions of Saudi Arabia. Each group was asked to complete a survey specifically
designed to meet the goals of the study. The data obtained from the three different questionnaires indicated that
the level of cancer care in the Ministry of Health hospitals was poor compared to other hospitals such as the King
Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, military hospitals or university hospitals in the kingdom, possibly
due to the absence of home care services or periodic follow-up by their regional hospitals. It was also reported
that the shortage of drugs used in cancer management and lack of cancer care knowledge were the major
obstacles to providing good cancer care.
Saudi Cancer Registry (SCR) (1992) Retrieved from : http://www.scr.org.sa/index.php?lang=en
Saudi Cancer Registry is to collect timely, complete and accurate data from reporting sources to insure an
accurate and continuing source of data concerning cancer and certain specified benign tumors in Saudi Arabia.
Reporting sources include all health care practitioners who analyze or treat cancer, as well as hospitals, clinical
laboratories, and other cancer analysis and treatment facilities within Saudi Arabia. The Registry will serve me as
a source of information to measure quality of cancer care in Saudi Arabia.
Al-Tamimi, Dalal M.1 Jul/Aug2009 Distribution of Molecular Breast Cancer Subtypes in Middle Eastern-Saudi
Arabian Women. Retrieved from
http://web.ebscohost.com.library.pmu.edu.sa:2048/ehost/detail?vid=6&hid=28&sid=d3c47a17-49ab-4b0990155223837fca12%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=4401475
This Source focused on Breast cancer which is increasing in Saudi Arabia and it accounts for approximately 30%
of all cancers identified worldwide and it is the fifth leading cause of all cancer deaths. Europeans and Russians
have the highest incidence and mortality from breast cancer, whereas Japan, China, and the Far East report lower
incidences. Breast cancer represents the highest incidence among Saudi females, accounting for 21.1% of all
newly diagnosed female cancers.
Hamdan NA, Ravichandran K and Dyab AR, (1996) Breast cancer survival in Riyadh, Retrieved from World
Health Organization (International Agency for Research on Cancer retrieved from:
http://survcan.iarc.fr/survival/chap23.pdf
Cancer registration is carried out by both passive and active approaches. The registry contributed data on survival
from cancer of the breast registered in 1994−1996 from Riyadh province. Follow-up was carried out mainly by
active procedures, and the median follow-up was 57months. The quantity of cases with a histological
confirmation of breast cancer diagnosis was almost 100% .
Saulat Jalian, Abdullal, M. Al-Saigul, and Muzamil H. Abdelgadir, (2006) Breast cancer Knowledge, attitudes
and practices of breast self-examination among women in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia Retrieved from:
http://ipac.kacst.edu.sa/eDoc/2006/160858_1.pdf
This report is aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of women in Qassim region regarding
breast self-examination, In addition; this report is intend to explore their level of knowledge regarding breast
cancer. Report shows Twenty-six percent of the respondents did not know the presenting symptom of breast
cancer. Whereas. 69. 7% of the participants had never heard of BSE. The participants had a positive attitude
towards learning BSE. Of the total respondents. 18.7% reported that they practice RSE. Majority (57%) of who
had started accomplishment it within the previous year. This study leads us to say that the level of awareness of
the females of Qassim region regarding breast cancer and BSE is not acceptable and a health education program
for this subject has to be take place and introduced in the region.
Dein, Simon. (11,2011) Culture and Cancer Care anthropological insights in oncology :Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Education. Retrieved from:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/pmu/docDetail.action?docID=10161359&p00=cancer%20saudi%20arabia
This source generally speaks about culture and cancer care. Also explain the definitions of cancer as well as the
types of cancer. It contains some of recent studies from the United Kingdom, Europe and United States. This
book is key reading for student and researchers in oncology and palliative care; it is offering a clear analysis of
culture differences with regard to illness care.