Gastrointestinal malignancies in a young tropical African population.
The records of 695 patients with confirmed gastroenterological malignancies over a 10 year period (January 1976-December 1985) were analysed. Of these, 264 patients (37.98%) were below the age of 40 years. Primary liver cell carcinoma was the commonest malignancy while gallbladder and oropharyngeal cancers were the least common. Most of the patients (66.3%) were in their fourth decade. The prognosis was poor as most of the patients presented late.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors