Knowledge and awareness of cervical cancer in Southwestern Ethiopia is lacking: A descriptive analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer and cancer-related death among women in Ethiopia. This is the first study, to our knowledge, describing the demographic, and clinicopathologic characteristics of cervical cancer cases in a mainly rural, Southwestern Ethiopian population with a low literacy rate to provide data on the cervical cancer burden and help guide future prevention and intervention efforts.

Methods

A descriptive analysis of 154 cervical cancer cases at the Jimma University Teaching Hospital in Southwestern Ethiopia from January 2008 -December 2010 was performed. Demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained from patient questionnaires and cervical punch biopsies were histologically examined.

Results

Of the 154 participants w

SUBMITTER: Saleem A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6850540 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature