Cancer mortality patterns in Ghana: a 10-year review of autopsies and hospital mortality

Wiredu, Edwin K.; Armah, Henry B.

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-159

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“…This agrees with documentation in the literature [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] . Onyekwereet al 3 further stated that the pruritus is usually very distressing, thus necessitating their presentation in the hospital.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…This was also our experience in this series. In our study, the average duration of symptoms before presentation was 9 weeks and this agrees with the late presentation observed by other workers around the world with its attendant poor prognosis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] .The use of baseline investigations like urinalysis and liver function test in this condition cannot be over-emphasized as these when combined with clinical evaluation and abdominal ultrasound scan were most useful in making a diagnosis of this condition in our environment where diagnostic facilities are quite limited and expensive. At the earlier part of this study, abdominal CT Scan could only be done several kilometers away from our city at great cost.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Wiredu et al 7 found pancreatic cancer to be the fifth most common cause of cancer death in males following a ten year review of autopsies at the korle -Bu hospital in Accra.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Presentation of Pancreatic Cancer in a Dedicated HepatoPancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit of a Tertiary Health Facility, South-South, Nigeria: A Four Year Prospective Study.

OENgim¹,

ADMarwa²,

MEkong³

et al. 2014

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Carcinoma of the pancreas is a common gastrointestinal neoplasm (July, 2008 -June, 2012.A total of fourteen patients were seen with this condition during the study period. There were more females than males with a ratio of 2.5:1. The age range was 40-80years with a mean age of 58yrs. The commonest mode of presentation was a combination of jaundice, pruritus and weight loss. The presence of jaundice with pruritus were the principal symptoms that brought these patients to the hospital. Late presentation is common in our environment and prognosis is poor.

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Presentation of Pancreatic Cancer in a Dedicated HepatoPancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit of a Tertiary Health Facility, South-South, Nigeria: A Four Year Prospective Study.

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ADMarwa²,

MEkong³

et al. 2014

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“…It is the most common type of lifethreatening cancer, and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths of women in the Western world [1]. In Ghana, breast cancer is now the most common malignant disease in women and accounts for the majority of cancer related deaths [2] [3]. In 1996, 12.8% of all admissions for malignant neoplasms to the Korle Bu Teaching hospital were for breast cancer [4].…”

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Survival Outcomes of Breast Cancer in Ghana: An Analysis of Clinicopathological Features

Mensah¹,

Yarney²,

Nokoe³

et al. 2016

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Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in female's worldwide. Its incidence is on the ascendancy in Africa including Ghana. In addition, Ghanaian women are more likely to be diagnosed with high-grade tumours that are triple negative breast tumours. The objectives of the study were to investigate the clinicopathologic features of breast cancer in Ghanaian women; identify and describe breast cancer survival pattern in Ghana and factors that explain the disparity in survival rates for breast cancer by the use of Cox proportional hazard. Two thousand three hundred and ninety seven (2397) women were sampled for the study from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), of which 1022 (42.64%) were diagnosed with breast cancer between the periods 1 st January 2002 to 31 st December 2008. The cases were followed up to January 2011. It was found that Mean age for the cases was 47.97 years. The largest number of cases being 59.69% was aged 40 -49 years. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) was 72.90%, 71.28% had lump size of 2-5 cm. Axillary lymph node involvement was found in 90% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer. 5-year cumulative survival was 91.94% for stage 0&I and 15.09% for stage IV. Data relating to tumour grading were 92.07% for high grade 2 and 3. Triple negative breast cancer was identified in 66.38% (77 out of 116) of the cases with complete information on Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor and HER2 status. Cumulative 5-year survival was 47.91. Survival rate was better for early staged presentation; lymph node involvement of less than 25% and tumour size of less than 5 cm. The study reinforces the urgent need for improved screening techniques for early detection, and for an aggressive health education campaign to increase the awareness of women in Ghana about the potential risk of breast cancer and early detection by regular testing.

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“…Cancer pain increases with progression of the disease and around a third of patients with cancer report pain: rising to three quarters in the advanced stages of cancer [2]. Currently, 12.5% of all deaths are caused by cancer, which is more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined [3,4]. Attempts to control pain and hence improve functional ability and quality of life have been over shadowed in the past by attempts to cure the underlying disease [2].…”

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Cancer Pain And Its Management: Knowledge Of Nurses At Selected Health Institutions, Offering Cancer Treatment In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013

R¹,

Tachbele²,

Kassa³

2014

J Pain Relief

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Background: Around a third of patients with cancer report moderate to severe pain and with the development of metastases, the incidence of pain increases to 40% to 60% of patients, and in far advanced disease, 60% to 90% of patients report significant pain. Majority of health professionals found in Ethiopia do not know how to holistically assess and control pain and only insignificant numbers are familiar with the World Health Organization (WHO) pain management protocol. Hence, this study is conducted to assess knowledge of nurses regarding cancer pain management at selected health institutions, offering cancer treatment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013.

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Cancer mortality patterns in Ghana: a 10-year review of autopsies and hospital mortality

Abstract: Background: Cancer mortality pattern in Ghana has not been reviewed since 1953, and there are no population-based data available for cancer morbidity and mortality patterns in Ghana due to the absence of a population-based cancer registry anywhere in the country.

Cited by 117 publications

References 16 publications

Presentation of Pancreatic Cancer in a Dedicated HepatoPancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit of a Tertiary Health Facility, South-South, Nigeria: A Four Year Prospective Study.

Presentation of Pancreatic Cancer in a Dedicated HepatoPancreato-Biliary Surgery Unit of a Tertiary Health Facility, South-South, Nigeria: A Four Year Prospective Study.

Survival Outcomes of Breast Cancer in Ghana: An Analysis of Clinicopathological Features

Cancer Pain And Its Management: Knowledge Of Nurses At Selected Health Institutions, Offering Cancer Treatment In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013

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