Establishment of a Cancer Registry in Senegal: Preliminary results

Autor: Mamadou Diop, Ousmane Ba, Dia D, M. Mbengue, G. Diouf, Salif Baldé, T. Fall
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: African Journal of Oncology. 1:15-16
ISSN: 2772-2457
DOI: 10.54266/ajo.1.1.15.15
Popis: INTRODUCTION: Senegal with the support of WHO has undertaken the establishment of a National Cancer Registry. The objective of this work was to assess the preliminary results. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a non-exhaustive preliminary study over a period of three months from January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013 at four hospitals in Dakar. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty-nine cases were identified. These were 127 men (44%) and 126 women (56%) with a sex-ratio of 0.8. The ages ranged from 20 to 90 with an average of 50. The main mode of diagnosis was essentially histological with 76% of cases (n=219). The most frequent locations were ENT (25%), hepatic (7%) and bronchopulmonary (4.5%). In men, liver cancer was the most common location and in women cervical cancer with 16%. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most frequent histological type with 68% of cases followed by adenocarcinoma with 22% of cases. Thirty-eight percent of the patients were classified as stage III and IV. A quarter of our patients have received palliative treatment. In contrast, 15 (15%) received chemotherapy and 4% radiotherapy. Data collection was satisfactory. CONCLUSION: Cancer is a reality in Senegal but it remains underdiagnosed. The media allow the cancer registry to be made effective across the country.
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