Pattern of cancer at Asir Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Six hundred ninety-seven histologically confirmed cases of cancer were seen in the three-year period, 1987 to 1989, at Asir Central Hospital in Abha, Saudi Arabia. Percentage [crude relative] frequencies of cancer at various sites were determined. The most common cancer sites among males were skin, liver, lymphoid tissue [i.e., non-Hodgkin's lymphomas], bladder, blood [leukemias], stomach, colon, esophagus, central nervous system, and prostate. Skin cancer was also the most common cancer among females, followed by the breast, lymphoid tissue [non-Hodgkin's lymphomas], blood [leukemias], thyroid, stomach, colon, oral cavity, esophagus, and cervix