Gynecological malignancies in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano: A 3 year review

Abstract

Cervical cancer was the most frequent malignant tumor and the least was choriocarcinoma. Estimates of this important public health problem need to be addressed in various regions of Nigeria.

Trends in breast and cervical cancer incidence in Cameroon (Central Africa) from 2004 to 2011

“…This is in line with previous national and sub-regional data reporting mean ages between 46 and 53 year [2,9,11,12,[15][16][17][18][19]. Likewise, squamous cell carcinoma was by far the most frequent histological type of CUC in our series (1,229 out of 1,394 making 72.31%).…”

Clinico-pathological Features of Gynecological Malignancies in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India: Importance of Strengthening Primary Health Care in Prevention and Early Detection

“…In a study on vulval cancer done by Shamini et al (2001) in a hospital in Singapore, squamous cell carcinoma was the most common histological type (80.0%). Recent studies from tertiary care centers of India and other developing countries (Agarwal et al, 2012;Mohyuddin et al, 2012;Yakasai et al, 2013) also reflect almost similar histological patterns of gynecological malignancies.…”

Profil des cancers gynécologiques et mammaires à Yaoundé - Cameroun

“…Ceci est proche des chiffres rapportés dans les pays en développement [8–13]. Dans les pays développés, le cancer de l'endomètre est le cancer le plus fréquent des cancers génitaux féminins et son pic d'incidence se situe dans la septième décade; Dans notre étude 85.73% (soit 18 des 21 cas) des cas étaient diagnostiqués après 50 ans (Tableau 2) comme dans d'autres pays d'Afrique noire [26, 27].…”