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Racial Factors in Invasive Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix
Author(s) -
Jameson M. H.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1969.tb02569.x
Subject(s) - polynesians , incidence (geometry) , medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , race (biology) , disease , demography , gynecology , biology , population , paleontology , physics , botany , environmental health , sociology , optics
Summary During a 20 year period, 1116 patients with invasive carcinoma of the cervix were treated. Of these, 147 were Polynesians and 967 were non‐Polynesian. None was lost to follow‐up. The 5 year survival of Polynesians is poorer than for non‐Polynesians. The reason for this is found in the delay in presenting for treatment and thus the later stage at diagnosis. The incidence is greater in Polynesians and the age at onset is one decade earlier, but these may be socio‐economic influences rather than purely racial ones. A general improvement in presentation at an earlier stage of the disease has been demonstrated for both races.