Relative frequency of cancer in the female genital tract in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT

In a 10-year period (1970-1979) 6,111 cancer cases in males and 7,646 cases (55.3%) in females were registered. The female genital tract cancers occurred in 23.8% of all malignancies in the female. The relative frequency of the gynecological tumors was cervix 60.3%, ovarium 25.5%, corpus uteri 6.9%, chorioca 5.1% and vulva/vagina 2.2%. A comparison is made with former reports and with other places in Indonesia.