Burden of prolonged treatment delay among patients with common cancers in the Philippines.

Purpose: Prolonged treatment delay often leads to adverse cancer prognosis. However, the demographic and clinical predictors of higher treatment delay burden in the Philippines have not been thoroughly evaluated.

Methods: We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study on patients diagnosed with common cancers who received cancer treatment, to quantify the burden of prolonged treatment delay in the Philippines among this population.

Consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of gastrointestinal cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Objective: There remain inconclusive findings from previous observational epidemiological studies on whether consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks (ASSD) increases the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. We investigated the associations between the consumption of ASSD and the risk of GI cancer using a meta-analysis.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cancer Risk Studies and Priority Areas for Cancer Risk Appraisal in Uganda.

Background: Research into aetiologies and prevention of the commonest cancers and implementation of primary and secondary prevention can reduce cancer risk and improve quality of life. Moreover, monitoring the prevalence of cancer risk factors in a specific population helps guide cancer prevention and early detection efforts and national cancer control programming.

Objective: This article aims to provide the scope and findings of cancer risk studies conducted in Uganda to guide researchers, health-care professionals, and policymakers.