Infected Vaginal Hydrocele Due to a Septic Puncture-Aspiration: A Series of Seven Cases Collected at Yalgado Ouedraogo Teaching Hospital of Ouagadougou

Kaboré, Fulgence; Kaboré, Moussa; Ky, Bienvenue D.; Yameogo, Clôtaire Alexis Marie Kiemdiba Donega; Kirakoya, Brahima; Kabre, Boukary; Bazongo, Moussa; Zango, B.; Kambou, T.; Traoré, Si Simon

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“…We found that the median time to diagnosis for prostate cancer patients was 12 months from the time the patients recognized symptoms that may have been attributable to cancer of the prostate. This time was slightly higher than what was reported in Burkina Faso where the prostate cancer patients spent an average of 11 months to diagnosis (13). Most of the patients were diagnosed late with metastatic cancer and very high levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA).…”

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Late Diagnosis among patients with Prostate Cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute: A retrospective cohort study

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Kisakye

Ssennyonjo

et al. 2019

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Background Late diagnosis of prostate cancer is common in Uganda and elsewhere. Diagnosis in advanced stages is associated with high mortality, morbidity and low quality of life. We estimated time taken from perception of symptoms attributable to prostate cancer to biopsy among patients with prostate cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and the associated factors. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of records of 280 patients with histologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer at UCI from January 2016 to December 2017. Time to diagnosis was obtained from the difference between the approximate date of onset of initial symptoms and date when a biopsy was taken. Late diagnosis was that when an individual was diagnosed with prostate cancer stage III or IV whereas stages I and II were classified as early. We used modified poisson regression to assess factors associated with timing of diagnosis among patients. Results The median time from first perceived symptoms to biopsy for prostate cancer patients was 12 (IQR5-24) months and 76% were diagnosed after 4 months of symptoms. Median age at time of diagnosis of patients was 70 (IQR66-74.5) years and at least 50% were aged between 65-74 years. About 81.8% of the patients were diagnosed late; of which 35.7% were in stage III and 46.1% were in stage IV. Nearly all patients presented with raised prostate specific antigen with median prostate specific antigen of 100.2 (IQR36.02-350) ng/ml of blood at the time of admission. In adjusted analysis, a patients whose biopsies were taken before 5 months of recognising symptoms were two times as likely to have cancer stage I and II compared to those patients in whom the biopsies were taken after 4 months. Conclusion More than three in four patients were diagnosed late. Taking a biopsy after 4 months of initiation of symptoms was partially responsible for the delay. To improve time to diagnosis, communities should be educated about symptoms of prostate cancer and advised to seek health care early. Health care workers should be sensitised to suspect prostate cancer among patients to allow timely referral for appropriate specialised assessment and management.

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