Erratum to: colorectal cancer in a region of western of Algeria: results of 581 cases in 5 years.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1111/agc.123.

Colorectal cancer in a region of western of Algeria: results of 581 cases in 5 years.

Aims: The objective of this work is to evaluate the epidemiological profile of colorectal cancers, histologically proven over a 5-year period (2012-2016) in the Tlemcen region.

Methods: A retrospective study of 581 cases of colorectal cancer collected at the epidemiology department of the University Hospital Center (UHC) of Tlemcen between January 2012 and December 2016 was performed. Epidemiological data were processed using SPSS version 25 and Microsoft Excel 2010.

Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among women at a gynaecological clinic in Tlemcen, Algeria.

High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is recognized as the etiologic agent responsible for cervical cancer, ranking as the second most prevalent cancer among women in Algeria with an incidence rate of 10.4 per 100,000. The primary aim of this study was to conduct a preliminary prospective investigation into the detection of HR-HPV infections in Tlemcen, Algeria, where screening is exclusively based on cytology.

Retrospective epidemiological study on stomach cancer in a region of western Algeria: about 394 cases between 2011 and 2015.

Purpose: Stomach cancer is a major global health problem; it is one of the ten most common cancers with poor survival, and its incidence is characterized by wide variation. The aim of this work is to carry out a retrospective epidemiological study on gastric cancer in the wilaya of Tlemcen (West Algeria) over a period of 5 years (2011-2015).

Methods: The data set was provided by the cancer registry of the Tlemcen wilaya.

[HPV DNA genotyping: A study of anogenital, head and neck and skin cancers in a population from west Algerian. HPV detection in different cancers from an Algerian population].

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in cancers located at different sites in patients from west Algerian and collected between 2010 and 2014.

Material And Methods: Extracted DNA from archival formaldehyde-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues was provided from 39 anogenital cancers, 10 head and neck cancers and 36 skin cancers. The viral DNA was detected using the INNO-LiPA HPV Genotyping Extra(®) kit.