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Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana
OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer from 2010 to 2013 in two large hospitals in Ghana. METHOD: Medical records and other hospital data on women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer were collected from the Komfo Anokye and Korle-Bu Teaching H...
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980920/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479976 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.2.357 |
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author | Nartey, Yvonne Hill, Philip C Amo-Antwi, Kwabena Nyarko, Kofi M Yarney, Joel Cox, Brian |
author_facet | Nartey, Yvonne Hill, Philip C Amo-Antwi, Kwabena Nyarko, Kofi M Yarney, Joel Cox, Brian |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer from 2010 to 2013 in two large hospitals in Ghana. METHOD: Medical records and other hospital data on women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer were collected from the Komfo Anokye and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospitals. Data were recorded onto a standardized data collection sheet and analyzed using summary statistics. RESULTS: For of the 1,725 women with invasive cervical cancer who were included in the study, parity was high (5 and more births). The most common diagnostic investigation undertaken was a cervical biopsy, performed for 95.5% of cases. Few women had an imaging test performed as part of the diagnostic process (3.3%). Some had comorbid conditions at diagnosis (29.3%). Only 61% of women attended at least one follow-up appointment after diagnosis of their cancer. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that more work is needed to improve patient education and access to diagnostic and treatment facilities to reduce the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in Ghana. Additionally, improvement in data quality is needed to provide more complete data for cancer control in Ghana. |
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spelling | pubmed-59809202018-06-07 Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana Nartey, Yvonne Hill, Philip C Amo-Antwi, Kwabena Nyarko, Kofi M Yarney, Joel Cox, Brian Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Research Article OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics of women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer from 2010 to 2013 in two large hospitals in Ghana. METHOD: Medical records and other hospital data on women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer were collected from the Komfo Anokye and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospitals. Data were recorded onto a standardized data collection sheet and analyzed using summary statistics. RESULTS: For of the 1,725 women with invasive cervical cancer who were included in the study, parity was high (5 and more births). The most common diagnostic investigation undertaken was a cervical biopsy, performed for 95.5% of cases. Few women had an imaging test performed as part of the diagnostic process (3.3%). Some had comorbid conditions at diagnosis (29.3%). Only 61% of women attended at least one follow-up appointment after diagnosis of their cancer. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that more work is needed to improve patient education and access to diagnostic and treatment facilities to reduce the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in Ghana. Additionally, improvement in data quality is needed to provide more complete data for cancer control in Ghana. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5980920/ /pubmed/29479976 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.2.357 Text en Copyright: © Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-SA/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nartey, Yvonne Hill, Philip C Amo-Antwi, Kwabena Nyarko, Kofi M Yarney, Joel Cox, Brian Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana |
title | Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana |
title_full | Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana |
title_fullStr | Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana |
title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana |
title_short | Characteristics of Women Diagnosed with Invasive Cervical Cancer in Ghana |
title_sort | characteristics of women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in ghana |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980920/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479976 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.2.357 |
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