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    Mapping and analysing cancer incidence in South Africa

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    2014
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    Van Rensburg, Samuel Jacobus Jansen
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    Abstract
    The primary aim of this dissertation was to develop and validate a methodology for identifying spatial clusters (hotspots) of various paediatric cancers within South Africa by using GIS software. The Hotspot Analysis (Getis-Ord Gi*) Tool was used for this purpose. A series of spatial clusters (hotspots) were identified by the tool for each cancer type and these clusters were compared with the exiting literature regarding known environmental and other carcinogens. The quality of the cancer data used in the dissertation was however found to be questionable and significantly underreported. This caused the results of the tool to also be questionable. The dissertation therefore concluded that the tool could be successfully used to identify spatial clusters of cancer in principle. It was however found that the results of the tool needed to be viewed without caution in this dissertation due to the low quality of the cancer data used.
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