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  • Title: [Bladder cancers in Senegal: epidemiological, clinical and histological features].
    Author: Diao B, Amath T, Fall B, Fall PA, Diémé MJ, Steevy NN, Ndoye AK, Ba M, Mendes V, Diagne BA.
    Journal: Prog Urol; 2008 Jul; 18(7):445-8. PubMed ID: 18602605.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To present the epidemiological, clinical and histological profile of the bladder cancer in Senegal. MATERIAL AND METHOD: 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%). CONCLUSION: The bladder cancer in Senegal is a cancer of the young adult. The prevalent histological type is squamous cell carcinoma.
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