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Cancer incidence in the Falkland Islands
A J Swerdlow1, B Elsby, Z Qiao
1Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, D. Block, Cotswold Rd, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5NG, UK.
British Journal of Cancer
|November 27, 2001
Abstract:
Cancer incidence in the Falkland Islands, 1989-2000, was compared with rates in England and Wales, from which most Islanders originate. Colon and rectum cancer incidence was significantly raised 1989-93 but greatly reduced after 1994, when colonoscopic screening in high-risk families and sigmoidoscopic screening in the general population were introduced.