[Cutaneous cancers in Togo]. / Les cancers cutanés au Togo.
Bull Cancer
; 84(9): 877-9, 1997 Sep.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9435809
ABSTRACT
A retrospective study was conducted during 20 years to determine the epidemiological features of skin cancer diagnosed in the pathology laboratory in Lome teaching hospital. During this period, 518 cases of theses affections were noted 288 cases of carcinoma (56.6%); out of 288 carcinomas 254 were spinocellular carcinoma, which developed on 143 chronic phagedenic ulcer, the others cancer were malignant melanoma 63 cases (12.3%), Kaposi's sarcoma 72 cases (13.9%), skin sarcoma 95 cases (18.3%). The results of this study shows that the spinocellular carcinoma were mostly the skin cancer in Black African, and confirm the particularity of malignant melanoma in Black subjects.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sarcoma
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Sarcoma de Kaposi
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Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Carcinoma de Células Escamosas
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Bull Cancer
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article