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The changing pattern of malignant neoplasms among females in Asir region of Saudi Arabia

Eric I. Archibong, Adekunle A. Sobande, Ali A. Sadek, Oluwole G. Ajao, Abdur R. Khan and Olayinka Fawehinmi
Saudi Medical Journal September 2000, 21 (9) 869-872;
Eric I. Archibong
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abha Maternity Hospital, PO Box 1650, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel/Fax. + 966 (7) 229 2293
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Adekunle A. Sobande
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali A. Sadek
Department of Community Medicine, Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Oluwole G. Ajao
Department of Surgery, Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdur R. Khan
Department of Pathology, Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Olayinka Fawehinmi
Department of Surgery, Abha Maternity Hospital, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The study was undertaken to compare the frequencies of the various types of malignant neoplasms affecting females in the Asir Region of Saudi Arabia during the years 1996-1998, to the experience of a previous report (1987 to 1989) in the same population with rapid advancing health care services.

METHODS: A retrospective descriptive approach was adopted. Histopathological records of Asir Central Hospital were reviewed to extract data on female malignant neoplasms seen in the years January 1996-December 1998. The cancer from various sites were ranked based on their percentage (crude relative) frequencies, and compared with the previous report (1987-1989).

RESULTS: Of the 274 cases of histologically confirmed female malignant diseases, the breast (22%), skin (9%) and thyroid (7%) were the leading sites. This ranking contrasts with the previous finding (1987-1989) which involved the skin, breast and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, in descending order of frequencies. The frequency of gynecological malignancies was relatively higher than in the previous report.

CONCLUSION: There may be a need to review the pattern of malignancies in the female population in this region from time to time in order to concurrently update planning on preventive and treatment measures.

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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Eric I. Archibong, Adekunle A. Sobande, Ali A. Sadek, Oluwole G. Ajao, Abdur R. Khan, Olayinka Fawehinmi
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2000, 21 (9) 869-872;

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The changing pattern of malignant neoplasms among females in Asir region of Saudi Arabia
Eric I. Archibong, Adekunle A. Sobande, Ali A. Sadek, Oluwole G. Ajao, Abdur R. Khan, Olayinka Fawehinmi
Saudi Medical Journal Sep 2000, 21 (9) 869-872;
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