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Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review

OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiology of gynaecological cancer among patients treated at Hawassa University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital (HUCSH) from 2013 to 2019. DESIGN: A retrospective cross-sectional review. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND OUTCOME MEASURE: A total of 3002 patients’ cards...

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Autores principales: Gebretsadik, Achamyelesh, Bogale, Netsanet, Dulla, Dubale
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9806056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36581415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062633
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Bogale, Netsanet
Dulla, Dubale
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Dulla, Dubale
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description OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiology of gynaecological cancer among patients treated at Hawassa University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital (HUCSH) from 2013 to 2019. DESIGN: A retrospective cross-sectional review. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND OUTCOME MEASURE: A total of 3002 patients’ cards with a diagnosis of cancer at a tertiary hospital named HUCSH were reviewed between February and May 2020. HUCSH is the only oncological care centre in the southern region of Ethiopia. Of this all-gynaecological cancer charts were extracted and descriptive and trend analyses were done. The review was conducted between February and May 2020. RESULT: Out of all 3002 cancer cases, 522 (17.4%) cases of gynaecological cancers were identified in 7 years. Cervical cancer accounted for 385 (73.8%) of all gynaecological cancers in this study, the next most common gynaecological cancers were ovarian cancer 55(10.5%) and endometrial cancer 51(9.8%), respectively. The mean (SD) age was 44.84 (12.23). Trends of all identified gynaecological cancers showed continuous increments of caseload year to year. Since 2016 increment of cervical cancer is drastically vertical compared with others. CONCLUSION: Despite the limited use of a registration and referral system in primary health institutions, the burden of gynaecological cancers has increased over time. Treatment steps should be taken as soon as possible after a cancer diagnosis to prevent the disease from progressing.
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spelling pubmed-98060562023-01-03 Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review Gebretsadik, Achamyelesh Bogale, Netsanet Dulla, Dubale BMJ Open Epidemiology OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiology of gynaecological cancer among patients treated at Hawassa University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital (HUCSH) from 2013 to 2019. DESIGN: A retrospective cross-sectional review. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND OUTCOME MEASURE: A total of 3002 patients’ cards with a diagnosis of cancer at a tertiary hospital named HUCSH were reviewed between February and May 2020. HUCSH is the only oncological care centre in the southern region of Ethiopia. Of this all-gynaecological cancer charts were extracted and descriptive and trend analyses were done. The review was conducted between February and May 2020. RESULT: Out of all 3002 cancer cases, 522 (17.4%) cases of gynaecological cancers were identified in 7 years. Cervical cancer accounted for 385 (73.8%) of all gynaecological cancers in this study, the next most common gynaecological cancers were ovarian cancer 55(10.5%) and endometrial cancer 51(9.8%), respectively. The mean (SD) age was 44.84 (12.23). Trends of all identified gynaecological cancers showed continuous increments of caseload year to year. Since 2016 increment of cervical cancer is drastically vertical compared with others. CONCLUSION: Despite the limited use of a registration and referral system in primary health institutions, the burden of gynaecological cancers has increased over time. Treatment steps should be taken as soon as possible after a cancer diagnosis to prevent the disease from progressing. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9806056/ /pubmed/36581415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062633 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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Gebretsadik, Achamyelesh
Bogale, Netsanet
Dulla, Dubale
Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
title Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
title_full Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
title_fullStr Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
title_full_unstemmed Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
title_short Descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern Ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
title_sort descriptive epidemiology of gynaecological cancers in southern ethiopia: retrospective cross-sectional review
topic Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9806056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36581415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062633
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