Cervical Cancer Screening In Benin City, South-South Nigeria

E, Obaseki D E Obaseki D

doi:10.9790/0853-0511619

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“…The rate of malignant lesions (tumours) in our study (18.2%) is comparable to 16.2% and 12.2% in studies conducted in Benin City(13), and in Enugu, in Nigeria(14) respectively. Studies done in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, India and United States, with malignant lesions at 2.42%, 4.95%, 5.5% and 5.0% respectively, are all at variance with the current study which explains that early cervical cancer screening helps to reduce the prevalence of cervical cancer(15–18).…”

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confidence: 79%

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Histopathological Profile of Cervical Biopsies in Northern Malawi: A Retrospective Study

Kaseka

Kayira

Chimbatata

et al. 2021

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ObjectivesThis study was carried out to determine the histopathological profile of cervical biopsies in a public tertiary hospital in Mzuzu, northern region of Malawi.SettingA public tertiary hospital in Mzuzu, northern region of MalawiParticipantsThis was a retrospective study of all cervical biopsy specimen reports received in a public tertiary hospital in northern Malawi over a period of 5 years from July 2013-June 2018. Eleven reports which had missing demographic and clinical data or had inconclusive results were excluded. Demographic, clinical and histopathological data was obtained from original histology reports.ResultsA total of 500 cervical biopsy reports were reviewed during the study period. The mean age of the patients was 41.99±12.5. Age ranged from 15 to 80 years. Cervicitis accounted for 46.0% (n=162) of the total nonmalignant lesions seen, followed by cervical intraepithelial neoplasm (CIN), at 24.4% (n=86) and endocervical polyp, at 20.5% (n=72). Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) accounted for 15.6% (n=78) of the total cervical biopsies studied and 85.7% of all total malignant lesions. All malignant tumours had HIV.ConclusionOur study shows that cervicitis and squamous cell carcinoma were most common among nonmalignant and malignant cervical biopsies respectively. Since the frequency of cervical cancer is high, there is need to have well detailed national policies to be put in place to increase detection of pre-invasive lesions in order to reduce the prevalence of cervical cancer.Strengths and limitation of this study StrengthsThis paper has shownThe need for well detailed national policies to be put in place to increase detection of pre-invasive lesions, which in turn will decrease the frequency of cervical cancer in the country.The importance of intensifying cervical cancer screening programmes among women and provision of long term ART to the HIV infected which may offer an opportunity for appropriate interventions to reduce morbidity, mortality and reduce complications among these women.LimitationsThis study used available programme health facility data and histopathological reports on cervical cancer which has its own limitations, such as incompleteness and bias in the sense that information is obtained only from people who came to the facility and underwent biopsy, leaving out those that did not seek medical care and or were not biopsied and therefore cannot be generalized to the general population.The study is a single-hospital-based review and as such inadequate to draw conclusions, but it does shed some light on pathological pattern of cervical cancer in Malawi.

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confidence: 79%

“…Most cases of cervicitis are often due to non-specific causes or infective agents (9). Cervicitis has been highly reported in previously studies in other countries (12,13).…”

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confidence: 78%

Histopathological Profile of Cervical Biopsies in Northern Malawi: A Retrospective Study

Kaseka

Kayira

Chimbatata

et al. 2021

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“…The prevalence rate, from this study is in line with the prevalence rates of 6.8 to 16.1% of abnormal cervical epithelial changes reported from northern Nigeria [9]. The prevalence rate of precancerous lesions of the cervix in this study is also similar to the rates of 16.31% and 16.20% reported by Ayodele Omotoso et al and Obaseki DE et al in the Southern part of Nigeria [10,11]. Other researchers who also reported similar prevalence rates compared to this study include: Muhammad Hauwa Inna in a published Thesis online who reported 13.9% [13] as well as the report from Mosuro A.O [13] et al who also reported 13.9% as the prevalence rate of precancerous cervical lesions.…”

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confidence: 90%

Comparative Study of Precancerous Lesions of the Uterine Cervix Among Users and Non-Users of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills in Jos, Nigeria

Nyam¹,

Anzaku²,

Emmanuel³

et al. 2018

IJCOCR

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Combined oral contraceptive pills (COCP) use, is link to the development of precancerous cervical lesions. There are variations in reports across studied populations. Our study was a comparative, cross-sectional study. SPSS version 20 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA) was used for data analysis and P-Value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in the Exposed and Control groups were 16.4% (9/55) and 14.5% (8/55) respectively (P = of 0.79). In the exposed group, four out of the nine women that had abnormal cervical cytology results had high grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions (HGSIL) while only one out of 8 women that had abnormal cytology results in the control group had HGSIL. We found no significant difference in the prevalence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions between users and non-users of COCP. However, women who used COCP had higher cases of HGSIL when compared with the control group. Therefore, we suggest relatively short schedule of cervical cytology screening for this group of women relative to the general population.

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“…On the contrary, a prospective study carried out [12] in Edo State, involving all female that came for cervical cancer screening performed in UBTH revealed that the total number of women that turned out for screening was high. This was high due to the effective measures which were put in place indicating a heightened awareness of cervical cancer.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Previous study conducted in Edo State, involving all female that came for cervical cancer screening performed in University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) findings show out of the 3,284, women that turned out for screening, 61.5% had normal smears, 14.6% had inflammatory smears, 16.2% had abnormal epithelial lesions while 7.7% had unsatisfactory smears [12]. World Health Organization [13] identified barriers to cervical cancer screening to include; Lack of awareness of women about cervical cancer screening and insufficient health personnel to carry out this test especially in rural areas.…”

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confidence: 97%

Awareness and Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Students in School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria

Omorogbe¹

2019

AJNS

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Cervical cancer screening is an important screening test commonly used to detect abnormal cervical cells, including precancerous cervical lesions, as well as early cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is a deadly disease which can be prevented through screening. Not much has been documented on awareness and uptake of cervical cancer screening among female undergraduate students in the University of Benin. This study investigated the awareness and uptake of cervical cancer screening among female students in School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin. A cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted among two hundred (200) female undergraduates selected using simple random sampling technique. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on respondent knowledge awareness and uptake of cervical cancer screening and was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. Results showed that 86.7% of the respondents had knowledge of cervical cancer. Eighteen percent have had a screening for cervical cancer. Findings also revealed that the level of uptake of cervical cancer screening is low compared to the level of knowledge about cervical screening. Intensifying the need for nurses to engage in health education and awareness programs that will increase general awareness of the people on the advantages of uptake of cervical cancer screening is essential.

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Cervical Cancer Screening In Benin City, South-South Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Histopathological Profile of Cervical Biopsies in Northern Malawi: A Retrospective Study

Histopathological Profile of Cervical Biopsies in Northern Malawi: A Retrospective Study

Comparative Study of Precancerous Lesions of the Uterine Cervix Among Users and Non-Users of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pills in Jos, Nigeria

Awareness and Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Students in School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Nigeria

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