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BREAST CANCER IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: A SURVEY OF 10 YEARS
Author(s) -
SenGupta S. K.,
Bukenya G. B.,
Murthy D. P.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07351.x
Subject(s) - medicine , new guinea , incidence (geometry) , breast cancer , invasive ductal carcinoma , cancer , gynecology , retrospective cohort study , ductal carcinoma , demography , pathology , ethnology , physics , sociology , optics , history
A retrospective review of cancer of breast in Papua New Guinean females for a period of 10 years revealed an annual reporting rate of 2.7 per 100 000. It contributed to 4.8% of all malignancies. The Islands region has the highest incidence. The most common age group at diagnosis was 40–49 years. Histologically invasive ductal carcinomas formed 66% of the tumours. Resembling the African experience, the incidence of breast carcinoma in Papua New Guinea appears to be low and most patients report quite late.