Vulvar cancer in Tunisia : epidemiological and clinicopathological features multicentric study
Joint Authors
Kebaili, Sahbi
Kehila, Mahdi
Harabi, Suad
Mhiri, Rawdah
Tuhami, Umar
Abbudah, Husayn Sabir
Khulayfi, Abd al-Jalil
Hsairi, Muhammad
Chelli, Dalenda
Derbel, Muhammad
Boujelbane, Nadiyah
Shaban, Qays
Shanufi, Muhammad Badis
Source
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2017), pp.95-98, 4 p.
Publisher
Cairo University National Cancer Institute
Publication Date
2017-06-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective: To describe for the first time the epidemiologic and clinico-pathologic characteristics of vulvar cancer in Tunisia.
Design: Two parts are distinguished in this study: Part1: Multicentric retrospective study about the characteristics of all cancer cases diagnosed during a 17-years period (January 1998–December 2014) in three departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics: one in south Tunisia and two in the capital.
Part 2: To determine the Incidence trend of invasive vulvar cancer in North Tunisia 1994–2009, on the basis of North Cancer Registry of Tunisia.
Results: A total of 76 cases of vulvar cancer were recorded.
The median age at diagnosis was 65.4 years and 86.9% of patients were more than 55 years old.
The symptomatology was dominated by vulvar pruritus in 48.7%.
The average size of the tumor was 3.96 cm.
Stage III was the most frequent (53.7%) followed by stage II (28.3%).
Only 10.4% of tumors were at stage I.
The most common histologic type of vulvar malignancy was squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (94.7%).
Standardized incidence varied from 1.2/100 000 (1994) to 0.5/100 000 (2009).
There was significant decrease of Standardized incidence (APC of 8.8% per year, 95% CI: 5.5%, 9.0%–p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Vulvar cancer in Tunisia is a rare disease, occurs mostly in elderly women, and is diagnosed at advanced stages.
Our findings emphasize that a greater effort should be made to facilitate early diagnosis, as treatment in earlier stages is less extensive and potentially curative.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kehila, Mahdi& Harabi, Suad& Mhiri, Rawdah& Tuhami, Umar& Abbudah, Husayn Sabir& Khulayfi, Abd al-Jalil…[et al.]. 2017. Vulvar cancer in Tunisia : epidemiological and clinicopathological features multicentric study. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute،Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.95-98.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kehila, Mahdi…[et al.]. Vulvar cancer in Tunisia : epidemiological and clinicopathological features multicentric study. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute Vol. 29, no. 2 (Jun. 2017), pp.95-98.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kehila, Mahdi& Harabi, Suad& Mhiri, Rawdah& Tuhami, Umar& Abbudah, Husayn Sabir& Khulayfi, Abd al-Jalil…[et al.]. Vulvar cancer in Tunisia : epidemiological and clinicopathological features multicentric study. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute. 2017. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.95-98.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-783269
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 98
Record ID
BIM-783269