The pattern of gynecological malignancies in 968 cases from Pakistan

The pattern of gynaecological malignancies is dierent in various geographical areas. It is said that cervical cancer is one of the leading cancers in women worldwide, second only to breast cancer; 80% of new cases occur in developing countries.1 In African and Indian studies as well, it is cervical...

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Published in:Annals of Saudi medicine 2006-09, Vol.26 (5), p.382-384
Main Authors: Jamal, Shahid, Mamoon, Nadira, Mushtaq, Sajid, Luqman, Muhammad, Moghal, Saleha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Brenner Tumor - epidemiology
Brief Report
Carcinoma, Endometrioid - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous - epidemiology
Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous - epidemiology
Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female - epidemiology
Gynecology
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - epidemiology
Pakistan - epidemiology
Sex Cord-Gonadal Stromal Tumors - epidemiology
Teratoma - epidemiology
Tumors
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Summary:The pattern of gynaecological malignancies is dierent in various geographical areas. It is said that cervical cancer is one of the leading cancers in women worldwide, second only to breast cancer; 80% of new cases occur in developing countries.1 In African and Indian studies as well, it is cervical cancer that is the most frequent of gynaecological malignancies.3,4,5 In most studies from Pakistan cervical cancer is not the top gynaecological malignancy; ovarian tumors are more frequent. In the previous tumour registry data analysis from our institute ovarian tumors were also more frequent than cervical cancer.9 The histological pattern, particularly of ovarian tumors, is also slightly dieren than that reported in dierent studies as is the age distribution of cases.4,7,10,11 The purpose of this analysis was to nd the pattern of gynaecological malignancies in our population and to compare it with other national and international studies.
ISSN:0256-4947
0975-4466
DOI:10.5144/0256-4947.2006.382