Survival rates of head and neck cancers in Ghana: a retrospective study at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

Autor: Owusu-Afriyie O; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. drooafriyie@yahoo.com.; Department of Pathology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. drooafriyie@yahoo.com., Owiredu WKBA; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Oti AA; Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana., Acheampong E; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.; School of Medical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia., Owusu-Danquah K; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Allied Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Larsen-Reindorf R; Directorate of Dental, Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana., Fondjo LA; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Adu EA; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Donkor S; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Donkor P; Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC research notes [BMC Res Notes] 2020 Aug 26; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 392. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 26.
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-05233-9
Abstrakt: Objective: Data was collected to evaluate the survival rates of head and neck (conjunctiva, oropharyngeal and non-oropharyngeal) squamous cell carcinomas in Ghana.
Data Description: We provided data on a retrospective review of 8 years (January 2004 to December 2009) survival rate of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana. The data consist of patient demographic data and clinicopathological findings which includes tumour site, tumour stage and histological grades of the patients. Clinical outcome measurement was death through to January 2013 on record and confirmed from the hospitals birth and death registry department. More than 85% of death cases were confirmed by gender, age, and folder identification numbers from the birth and death registry.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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