Bladder Tumours in Enugu, Nigeria

Abstract

The clinicopathological features of 103 tumours of the urinary bladder are reported; 56.3% were transitional cell and 38.8% were squamous cell carcinoma. The results support a strong association between schistosomiasis and bladder cancer.

Prostatic cancer after prostatectomy for benign prstatic hyperplasia in Nigeria

“…In the majority of cases, follow up was very irregular after one year and even in the first year, a good number of patients were lost to follow up. This same pattern had earlier been observed and the probable reasons outlined, in a previous study on bladder tumours in Enugu, Nigeria (25).…”

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder

“…14,15 A lower incidence of 1% to 7% was reported in the Western world. 1,2 In countries where schistosomiasis is endemic, the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma is much higher: 75% in Egypt, 3 65% in Iraq, 16 39% in Nigeria 17 and 71% in Zambia. 18 The mean age in this series was 53.7±14.4 years and the male-to-female ratio was 4.2:1.…”

Testicular cancer: Management challenges in an African developing country

“…A high incidence of loss to follow-up is common in the developing world. 16 Poverty, ignorance and, possibly, poor doctor-patient communication may be factors. Radiotherapy facilities were not available in our centre (or anywhere in south-eastern Nigeria) during the study period, and patients had to travel to other centres, each at least 600 km from our centre.…”