Cancers in Togo from 1984 to 2008: Epidemiological and Pathological Aspects of 5251 Cases

[摘要] Objective. To describe the epidemiological and histological aspects of cancers in Togo.MaterialsandMethods. Wemadearetrospectivereviewoftheepidemiologicaland pathological features of cancers observed from 1984 to 2008 at the laboratory of pathology of CHU-TOKOIN in Lomé, Togo.Results. During our study period, we found 5251 cases of cancers with an annual average frequency of 210 cases. The sex ratio, male/female, was 0.9 and the average age of occurring was 45.3 years. This average age was 46.9 years for men and 43.8 years for women. The most frequent cancersformenwereprostate cancer (12.9%), nonmelanoma skin cancer (10.4%),andgastric cancer (10.3%). For women it was breast cancer(27.1%), cervix cancer (11.2%) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (6.3%). Histologically, it was carcinomas in 68.1% of the cases, sarcomas in 11% of the cases and non-Hodgkin lymphomas in 12.6% of the cases. Children cancers were primarily Burkitt lymphoma (27.9% of cases) and retinoblastoma (8.5% of cases).Conclusion. This study shows that cancers are frequentinTogo andemphasizes on the necessity of having a cancer register for the prevention and the control of this disease in Togo.

[学科分类] 流行病学