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Article History

Received: 9 September 2023

Accepted: 23 April 2025

First Online: 9 May 2025

Declarations

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: The cancer registry of Guadeloupe is authorized by the French Data Protection Authority, Commission National Informatique et Liberté (CNIL), authorization N° 909113 of June 29, 2009. This study obtained ethics approval from the local research ethics committee of the University Hospital of Guadeloupe “Comité éthique CHUPPA” under the registration number A77_14_02_2022_ANSPACAGU. The privacy impact assessment was vetted by the data protection officer of the University Hospital of Guadeloupe (dpo@chu-guadeloupe.fr) in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

: Given their public health mandate, French cancer registries are authorized by the French Data Protection Authority “Commission National Informatique et Liberté” (CNIL) to collect data on cancer cases with a waiver for written informed consent (CNIL deliberation n°03–053 of November 27, 2003). Patients’ information is given by notices displayed in health care facilities, their attending physician or specialist. General information is also available on the National Cancer Institute website: .

: The authors declare no competing interests.