Open AccessAvailable data on cancer in the south eastern governorate of Yemen
Author(s) -
Amen Bawazir,
Ghaderi Hamid,
Eric Mora Morales
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1998.4.1.107
Subject(s) - medicine , gastrointestinal tract , head and neck , thyroid , lymphoma , soft tissue , cancer , gastrointestinal cancer , thyroid cancer , sex organ , pathology , surgery , colorectal cancer , biology , genetics
We studied the distribution of cancer by sex, age, region of residence and system and organ affected of 685 patients obtained through the Treatment Abroad Register of the Aden Health Office [1989-1983]. The most common malignancies, excluding specific sites for each sex, were gastrointestinal tract [19.4%], lymphoma [16.4%], head and neck [13.2%], bone and soft tissue [12.2%] and thyroid [11.2%]. The most common malignancies among males were gastrointestinal, lymphoma, head and neck, bone and soft tissue and leukaemia;and among females were breast, female genital system, thyroid, gastrointestinal and lymphoma