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

ABSTRACT:

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 accou

SUBMITTER: Gebretsadik A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806056 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature