Cancer of the larynx in black Africans in Jos Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE
A clinico-pathological study of cancer of the larynx in Jos from 1983 to 1995.


METHODS



METHODS
Jos University Teaching University.


METHODS
38 patients.


RESULTS
38 (100%) patients were seen. Thirty four (89.5%) were Black African males. Mean age was 47.7 years. Twenty nine (76.3%) smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol. Hoarseness (100%) was the commonest symptom. Mean duration of symptoms was 13.5% months. Transglottic (42.1%) was the commonest site and squamous cell carcinoma (97.4%) was the predominant histologic type.


CONCLUSIONS
There was a male preponderance. The mean age was lower than in other series. Patients often presented late. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest cell type.
Lilly-Tariah
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Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria.
Ukoli
C O
CO
Nwana
E J
EJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects