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Top five cancers in the Region, Globacan 2008

Countries	Ranking by incidence
	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Afghanistan	Breast	Stomach	Oesophagus	Lung	Colorectal
Bahrain	Breast	Lung	Prostate	Colorectal	Bladder
Djibouti	Breast	Cervix uteri	Prostate	Kaposi	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Egypt	Breast	Bladder	Liver	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Prostate
Islamic Republic of Iran	Breast	Stomach	Prostate	Colorectal	Bladder
Iraq	Breast	Lung	Bladder	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Leukaemia
Jordan	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung	Corpus uteri
Kuwait	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Lebanon	Breast	Prostate	Lung	Bladder	Colorectal
Libya	Breast	Lung	Colorectal	Prostate	Corpus uteri
Morocco	Breast	Cervix uteri	Lung	Prostate	Colorectal
Oman	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal	Lung	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Pakistan	Breast	Cervix uteri	Lip/oral cavity	Lung	Stomach
Qatar	Breast	Prostate	Lung	Colorectal	Bladder
Saudi Arabia	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Somalia	breast	Cervix uteri	Oesophagus	Prostate	Colorectal
Sudan	Breast	Prostate	Cervix uteri	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Ovary
Syrian Arab Republic	Breast	Colorectal	Lung	Prostate	Bladder
Tunisia	Breast	Lung	Prostate	Colorectal	Bladder
United Arab Emirates	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal	Cervix uteri	Lung
Yemen	Breast	Liver	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Oesophagus	Stomach disease

Source: GLOBOCAN 2008 http://globocan.iarc.fr/

Age group: Cancer prevalence data are available for the adult population (ages 15 and over), for both sexes

Countries	Ranking by incidence
	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Afghanistan	Breast	Stomach	Oesophagus	Lung	Colorectal
Bahrain	Breast	Lung	Prostate	Colorectal	Bladder
Djibouti	Breast	Cervix uteri	Prostate	Kaposi	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Egypt	Breast	Bladder	Liver	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Prostate
Islamic Republic of Iran	Breast	Stomach	Prostate	Colorectal	Bladder
Iraq	Breast	Lung	Bladder	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Leukaemia
Jordan	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung	Corpus uteri
Kuwait	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Lebanon	Breast	Prostate	Lung	Bladder	Colorectal
Libya	Breast	Lung	Colorectal	Prostate	Corpus uteri
Morocco	Breast	Cervix uteri	Lung	Prostate	Colorectal
Oman	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal	Lung	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Pakistan	Breast	Cervix uteri	Lip/oral cavity	Lung	Stomach
Qatar	Breast	Prostate	Lung	Colorectal	Bladder
Saudi Arabia	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Somalia	breast	Cervix uteri	Oesophagus	Prostate	Colorectal
Sudan	Breast	Prostate	Cervix uteri	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Ovary
Syrian Arab Republic	Breast	Colorectal	Lung	Prostate	Bladder
Tunisia	Breast	Lung	Prostate	Colorectal	Bladder
United Arab Emirates	Breast	Prostate	Colorectal	Cervix uteri	Lung
Yemen	Breast	Liver	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Oesophagus	Stomach disease

Source: GLOBOCAN 2008 http://globocan.iarc.fr/

Age group: Cancer prevalence data are available for the adult population (ages 15 and over), for both sexes