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Title: | Gynaecological malignancies at a tertiary care centre in Mozambique |
Author: | Lopez Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto Lorenzoni, C. Vilajeliu, A. Ordi Maja, Jaume Castillo Fernández, Paola Cecilia Barreales, S. Sidat, M. Augusto, O. Menéndez Santos, Clara |
Keywords: | Càncer ginecològic Moçambic Gynecologic cancer Mozambique |
Issue Date: | 9-Apr-2019 |
Publisher: | SOG Canada |
Abstract: | Objective: To determine the frequency of gynaecological cancers over an 18-year-period in Mozambique a country located in South Eastern sub-Saharan Africa, an area in which comprehensive statistics on cancer are limited. Materials and Methods: Retrospective review of the pathological records of gynaecological cancers at the Maputo Central Hospital from January 1991 to December 2008. Results: 3,726 gynaecological cancers were reported. Malignant neoplasms of the uterine cervix (64.0% of all tumours) were the most frequent cancers, followed by breast (23.2%), vulvar-vaginal (4.1%), ovarian cancers (3.8%), cancers of the uterine corpus (3.3%), and gestational choriocarcinoma (1.7%). Tumours of the uterine cervix, vulva/vagina, uterine corpus, and ovary increased in number three times, whereas breast cancers increased five times during the study period. Conclusions: Malignant tumours related to human papillomavirus (HPV) accounted for over two-thirds of all malignancies. Screening for cervical cancer and vaccination against HPV should be a health priority in sub-Saharan Africa. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.12892/ejgo4447.2019 |
It is part of: | European Journal Of Gynaecological Oncology, 2019, vol. 40, num. 2, p. 295-299 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/214812 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.12892/ejgo4447.2019 |
ISSN: | 2709-0086 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) |
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