title: [The cancer registry at the Hôtel Dieu de France Hospital].
abstract: Between January and December 1989, 541 new cases of cancer have been diagnosed at Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital at Beirut. These cases were among 5400 histopathologic or hemato-cytologic examinations performed during the same period. There were 311 men (57.5%) and 230 women (42.5%). In men lung cancer was the most common site (19%) followed by bladder cancer (16.7%) and prostate cancer (11.6%). In women the most frequent cancer reported was breast cancer (36.1%) followed by uterine (body and cervix) cancer (15.2%) and digestive tract tumors (12.3%). Hematologic malignancies were more frequent between children and young patients. We have noted a progressive frequency of breast, lung, digestive tract, bladder and genito-urinary cancers with age. The establishment of a national tumor registry covering all diagnosed patients in different Lebanese Institutions is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth, Liban.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghosn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tannous
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gedeon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007861:Lebanon / Q000453:epidemiology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Registre du cancer à l'Hôtel Dieu de France.