BREAST CANCER IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: A SURVEY OF 10 YEARS
作者:
S. K. SenGupta,
G. B. Bukenya,
D. P. Murthy,
期刊:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
(WILEY Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 60,
issue 1
页码: 41-44
ISSN:0004-8682
年代: 1990
DOI:10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07351.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: breast;cancer;epidemiology;incidence;Papua New Guinea
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
A retrospective review of cancer of breast in Papua New Guinean females for a period of 10 years revealed an annual reporting rate of 2.7 per 100 000. It contributed to 4.8% of all malignancies. The Islands region has the highest incidence. The most common age group at diagnosis was 40–49 years. Histologically invasive ductal carcinomas formed 66% of the tumours. Resembling the African experience, the incidence of breast carcinoma in Papua New Guinea appears to be low and most patients report quite lat
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