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Head and neck cancer in Hadhramout-Yemen a five years experience in Hadhramout Cancer Centre
Joint Authors
Badheeb, Ahmad Muhammad
Bahannan, Abd al-Rahman A.
Ba-Amir, Abu Bakr A.
Source
Alandalus : for Social and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 9 (31 Mar. 2013), pp.17-27, 11 p.
Publisher
Alandalus University for Science and Technology
Publication Date
2013-03-31
Country of Publication
Yemen
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Objective : to describe the pattern and distribution of head and neck cancers among patients registered at Hadhramout Cancer Centre in Al-Mukalla city.
Patients and Methods : This study was conducted retrospectively to describe the pattern and distribution of head and neck cancers among patients registered at the Hadhramout Cancer Centre, in Al-Mukalla, for the period from January 2006 to December 2011.
Data was collected using Can-Reg program and statistacally analyzed by computer SPSS program version 18.
Results : The study included 202 patients with head and neck cancers, 132 were males (65.3 %) and 70 were females (34.7 %), with male to female ratio of 2 : 1.
The mean age was 51.52 years (range : 41-60 years).
The most common sites in this study are nasopharynx (42.6 %), followed by larynx (13.4 %) and tongue (12.9 %).
In males, the top three cancers are nasopharyngeal (51 %), laryngeal (20 %) and tongue cancers (14 %), while the top three among females were nasopharyngeal (54 %), gum (14.29 %) and tongue (10 %).
The most common histopathological type is the squamous cell carcinoma (47.5 %) followed by nasopharyngeal cancers type I, II, III (41.7 %) and others (10.8 %).
Conclusions : Nasopharyngeal cancers were the most frequent HNC in Hadhramout Sector.
Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common histopathology.
Our results generally indicate that the pattern of our cases bear similarities with the Arab' data with some differences from the other parts of Yemen that necceciate further evaluation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Badheeb, Ahmad Muhammad& Bahannan, Abd al-Rahman A.& Ba-Amir, Abu Bakr A.. 2013. Head and neck cancer in Hadhramout-Yemen a five years experience in Hadhramout Cancer Centre. Alandalus : for Social and Applied Sciences،Vol. 2013, no. 9, pp.17-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-340327
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Badheeb, Ahmad Muhammad…[et al.]. Head and neck cancer in Hadhramout-Yemen a five years experience in Hadhramout Cancer Centre. Alandalus : for Social and Applied Sciences No. 9 (Mar. 2013), pp.17-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-340327
American Medical Association (AMA)
Badheeb, Ahmad Muhammad& Bahannan, Abd al-Rahman A.& Ba-Amir, Abu Bakr A.. Head and neck cancer in Hadhramout-Yemen a five years experience in Hadhramout Cancer Centre. Alandalus : for Social and Applied Sciences. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 9, pp.17-27.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-340327
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 26-27
Record ID
BIM-340327