An Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Histotypes Across the African Diaspora.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Ovarian cancer in Black women is common in many West African countries but is relatively rare in North America. Black women have worse survival outcomes when compared to White women. Ovarian cancer histotype, diagnosis, and age at presentation are known prognostic factors for outcome. We sought to conduct a preliminary comparative assessment of these factors across the African diaspora.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer (all histologies) between June 2016-December 2019 in Departments of Pathology at 25 participating sites in Nigeria were identified. Comparative population-based data, inclusive of Caribbean-born Blacks (CBB) and US-born Blacks (USB), were additionally captured from the International Agency for Research on Cancer and Florida Cancer Data

SUBMITTER: George SHL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8662547 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature