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dc.contributor.author | AKHTAR, S. S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | ABU BAKR, M. A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | DAWI, S. A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | IKRAM-UL-HUQ | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-29T09:37:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-29T09:37:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1993 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Afr.J. Med. med. Sci. (1993) 22, 17-24 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1116-4077 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/1728 | - |
dc.description | Article | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Between 1981 and 1985, 1124 patients with the histopathologically confirmed malignant disease were registered at the sole oncology clinic of Libya, 664 (59%) were males and 460 (41%) were females. Overall, malignant lymphoma (ML) was the most common cancer (180/1124,16%), with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) being more common (57.2%) than Hodgkin's disease (HD) (42.8%). Considered separately, lung cancer was the most common tumour (22.4%) in males with a male to female ratio among the highest in the world (18.6:1), 85% of our male patients were smokers and more than 50% had been smoking heavily for 20 years or more. Breast cancer was the most frequent tumour (29.8%) of females and the majority of our patients were of a younger age group 72.3% below 50 years). Almost all our patients were multiparous and had breast-fed their babies. Cancer of the cervix uteri was less frequent (4.5%) than ovarian cancer (7.8%). The incidence of colorectal cancer was higher 4.6%) than other African countries. Contrarily the primary tumours of liver (1.9%) and bladder (0.5%) were less frequent. Among the children, aged less than 10 years, the common solid tumours of childhood occurred in the following frequency, ML 31.2%, nervous system 19.2%, Wilm's tumour 16.8% and bone tumours 9.6% | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | College of Medicine, University of Ibadan | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Spectrum Books Limited | en_US |
dc.subject | Cancer | en_US |
dc.subject | Malignant disease | en_US |
dc.subject | Oncology clinic | en_US |
dc.subject | Tumor | en_US |
dc.title | CANCER IN LIBYA — A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (1981-1985)* | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences |
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