BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Despite the low cancer incidence in Saudi Arabia, the
country must be ready to face the challenge of a foreseeable increase in cancer burden …

In a prospective study in 40 patients receiving ESWL treatment, gastric and/or duodenal
erosions occurred in 32 patients (80 %); in 24 (60 %) the erosions were in the proximal part of …

There is a paucity of data regarding testicular cancer among Saudis as well as the
nonexistent of published national data. Furthermore, a substantial increase of the incidence of …

RESULTS Forty-seven patients with histologically proven squamous cell carcinoma of the
urinary bladder were studied. Patients ranged in age from 33 to 85 years (mean 53.7±14.4) …

In a retrospective study, 760 Saudi patients with urolithiasis were epidemiologically and
metabolically studied (41 % were from the Central region, 32 % South, 14 % West, 9 % North, …

Psoas abscess is an uncommon condition with vague clinical presentation. It generally has
an insidious onset and before the advent of computed tomography, few cases were reported …

Genito-urinary cancer.(GUC) Data from NCR indicated that the GUC accounted for 9.2% of all
cancer cases in KSA with a male to female ratio of 4.4: 1 and ASR of 7.8/100000. The most …

Introduction: Saudi Arabia has a low incidence of cancer; the age-standardized rate of cancer
is only 83/100,000, compared to the world rate of 181/100,000. Recent reports confirm a …

Over a ten year period (1979 to 1989), 200 patients have undergone live donor nephrectomy
through a flank extraperitoneal approach without rib resection. The average hospital stay …

This paper reviews the first 155 cases of male infertility seen at the Riyadh Armed Forces
Hospital during the three-year period, 1981 to 1983. There was a high incidence (46%) of …