A Thirty-year Review of Vulvar Cancer in Jamaica, 1978 to 2007.
West Indian Med J
; 63(2): 134-7, 2014 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the trends in vulvar cancer between 1978 and 2007 in Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, with respect to age-standardized rates and histologic types.METHODS:
All cases of vulvar cancer recorded in the Jamaica Cancer Registry from 1978 to 2007 were extracted and analysed for age distribution and histologic type.RESULTS:
There were 78 cases (one person of unknown age) of vulvar cancer recorded over the 30-year period. Sixty per cent of the affected patients were between 50 and 80 years old. The most common histologic type of vulvar malignancy was squamous cell carcinoma (82%). There was a decline in age-standardized incidence rates of both vulvar cancers overall and vulvar squamous cell carcinoma over the 30-year period.CONCLUSION:
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common vulvar malignancy in the Jamaican population, and affects primarily older women. Despite high prevalence rates of high-risk human papillomavirus infection, no increase in the age-standardized incidence of vulvar squamous cell carcinoma was identified.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Type d'étude:
Risk_factors_studies
Pays/Région comme sujet:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Langue:
En
Journal:
West Indian Med J
Année:
2014
Type de document:
Article