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Cancer of the genital tract among the IBO women in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Megafu Uche
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197911)44:5<1875::aid-cncr2820440547>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - medicine , female circumcision , cervical cancer , genital tract , cancer , gynecology , etiology , vaginal cancer , sex organ , obstetrics , physiology , biology , genetics
An analysis of female genital tract cancer among the Ibos of Nigeria has proven to be preponderantly cervical cancer. It is therefore obvious that the practice of ritual circumcision among the Ibo men does not protect the women from cervical cancer. The most important etiological factors contributing to cervical cancer among the Ibo women are early marriage, early age of coitus, and grand multiparity. Corpus cancer is relatively rare among the Ibo women.