title: Ovarian tumours in Africans: a study of 512 cases.
abstract: This paper reports 512 cases of ovarian tumours seen over a 11 year period at Ga-Rankuwa Hospital. Germ cell tumours constituted 47.8 pc and common epithelial tumours formed 29.3 pc of all the tumours. Sixty seven pc (341) tumours had a benign histology and 33 pc (171) tumours were histologically malignant. The tumours were seen at a younger age than experienced in the Western World.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, MEDUNSA, South Africa.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Muthuphei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology