INTRODUCTION: Saudi Arabia has a low incidence of @entity5 ; the age-standardized rate of @entity5 is only 83/100,000, compared to the world rate of 181/100,000. Recent reports confirm a yearly increase in @entity5 ( @entity5464 ) in particular. The aim of the study was to assess the trends of @entity5464 among Saudi nationals. METHODS: All available annual reports of the Saudi Cancer Registry (SCR) from 1994 to 2006 were analysed and compared with worldwide data. RESULTS: Over a period of 13  years, 7132 GUCs were identified among Saudis, comprising 8.9% of all @entity5 reported, compared to 12.7% worldwide. The incidence rate of @entity5464 increased over the study period, with the greatest @entity263 , at 48% and 33%, respectively. Summary stage data (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results programme) showed late presentation of @entity5464 at the time of diagnosis. An improvement in stage was only found in testicular and @entity263 , at 79% and 50%, respectively. While prostate and @entity150 ranked sixth and ninth in the male population, @entity5 continued to be a rare disease. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of @entity5464 in Saudi Arabia is still low, but there was a significant @entity263 . More effort is needed to detect @entity5464 at an earlier stage. A national @entity5 control programme is suggested.

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@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer in general, and of genitourinary cancer', 'penile cancer', 'cancers', 'cancer'] @entity150 :: ('MESH:D001749', 'Disease') :: ['bladder cancer'] @entity5464 :: ('MESH:D014565', 'Disease') :: ['GUC'] @entity263 :: ('MESH:D011471', 'Disease') :: ['prostate cancer', 'increase in prostate and kidney cancer']
@entity5464 :: (MESH:D014565,Disease) :: ['genitourinary cancer']
