Background: It has been shown that colorectal carcinoma is increasing in incidence in African countries. This could be due to change in life style. Molecular pathogenesis of colorectal cancer...
Factors associated with carcinoma of the oesophagus at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. (2008)
Ocama, P, Kagimu, MM, Odida, M, Wabinga, H, Opio, CK, Colebunders, B, ...
Background: In Uganda, as in many other parts of the world cancer of the oesophagus (CAE) is on the rise. Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma are the common subtypes. Risk factors for this...
Factors associated with carcinoma of the oesophagus at Mulago Hospital, Uganda (2008)
Ocama, P., Kagimu, M. M., Odida, M., Wabinga, H., Opio, C. K., Colebunders, B., ...
Background: In Uganda, as in many other parts of the world cancer of the oesophagus (CAE) is on the rise. Squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma are the common subtypes. Risk factors for this...
Objective: Study the pathological changes in gastric mucosa of Nyarwanda, Nkole (both with high prevalence of stomach cancer) and Ganda (with low prevalence of this cancer) ethnic groups in the...
Odongo-Aginya, E I, Narcis, K, Ludwig, S, Wabinga, H, Fenwick, A, Montresor, A
Background: The Kato-Katz thick smear technique is the standard technique recommended by the World Health Organisation for the quantitative diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and other intestinal...
Nalwoga, H, Odida, M, Wabinga, H
Objective: To evaluate c-erbB-2 oncoprotein over expression in breast cancer patients of Kyadondo county and also relate this oncoprotein to histological type and grade of the tumour. Design:...
Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa (2006)
Stragier, P., Ablordey, A., Bayonne, L. M., Lugor, Y. L., Sindani, I. S., Suykerbuyk, P., ...
Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, an ulcerative skin disease in tropical and subtropical areas. Despite restricted genetic diversity, mycobacterial interspersed repetitive...
Risk Factors for Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Case-Control study of HIV-Seronegative People in Uganda (2002)
Ziegler, J., Newton, R., Bourboulia, D., Casabonne, D., Beral, V., Mbidde, E., ...
As part of a larger investigation of cancer in Uganda, we conducted a case-control study of Kaposi's sarcoma in human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV)-seronegative adults presenting at hospitals in...
Newton, R., Ziegler, J., Beral, V., Mbidde, E., Carpenter, L., Wabinga, H., ...
Uganda offers a unique setting in which to study the effect of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) on cancer. HIV-1 is prevalent there, and cancers which are known to be HIV-associated, such as...
Risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-positive subjects in Uganda (1997)
Ziegler, JL, Newton, R, KatongoleMbidde, E, Mbulataiye, S, DeCock, K, Wabinga, H, ...
Background: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is associated epidemiologically with HIV infection and with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8 or KSHV). Both KS and HIV infection are common in Uganda. We conducted a...
Risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in HIV seropositive subjects in Uganda (1997)
Ziegler, J, Newton, R, KatangoleMbidde, E, Mbulataiye, S, DeCock, K, Wabinga, H, ...
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa (1996)
Chang, Y, Ziegler, J, Wabinga, H, KatangoleMbidde, E, Boshoff, C, Schulz, T, ...
Background: Endemic Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a clinically and epidemiologically distinct human immunodeficiency virus negative form of KS occurring in Africa. Kaposi's sarcoma is now the most...
Cancer survival in Kampala, Uganda
Gondos, A, Brenner, H, Wabinga, H, Parkin, D M
Epidemiological data on the occurrence of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa are sparse, and population-based cancer survival data are even more difficult to obtain due to various logistic difficulties....
The epidemiology of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in Uganda
Newton, R, Ziegler, J, Ateenyi-Agaba, C, Bousarghin, L, Casabonne, D, Beral, V, ...
As part of a larger investigation of cancer in Uganda, we conducted a case–control study of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in adults presenting at hospitals in Kampala. Participants were...
Survival of cervix cancer patients in Kampala, Uganda: 1995–1997
Wabinga, H, Ramanakumar, A V, Banura, C, Luwaga, A, Nambooze, S, Parkin, D M
The epidemiology of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in Uganda
Newton, R, Ziegler, J, Ateenyi-Agaba, C, Bousarghin, L, Casabonne, D, Beral, V, ...