[Bladder cancers in Senegal: epidemiological, clinical and histological features].
OBJECTIVE
To present the epidemiological, clinical and histological profile of the bladder cancer in Senegal.


METHODS
The authors conducted a retrospective study based on registries and clinical data of patients admitted for bladder cancer confirmed by the histology at the university hospital Aristide-Le-Dantec of Dakar.


RESULTS
Four hundred and twenty-eight bladder cancers were recorded. The incidence of the bladder cancer was 2.5% of the whole of cancers. The mean age of the patients was 45.5 years (range 12-86 years). The sex-ratio was 1.25. The majority of the patients consulted for low urinary tract symptoms (94.5%) and hematuria (88%). The prevalent histological type was squamous cell carcinoma (50.70%).


CONCLUSIONS
The bladder cancer in Senegal is a cancer of the young adult. The prevalent histological type is squamous cell carcinoma.
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Service d'Urologie-Andrologie, CHU Aristide-Le-Dantec, Dakar-Colobane, Sénégal.
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