Cervical carcinoma in Zambia.
A series of 274 cases of cervical carcinoma in Zambian Africans is presented. Cervical carcinoma formed 29.3% of all female cancers. Poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma constituted the most common histologic type. Concomitant bilharziasis was found in 24.4% of cases. In 59 cases causal factors such as coitus, early marriage, age at first pregnancy and parity were studied and discussed. No correlation was found between circumcision and cervical carcinoma.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D000367:Age Factors; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015024:Zambia