Choriocarcinoma in Jamaica
Int. surg. (Online)
; Int. surg. (Online);62(2): 84-7, Feb. 1977.
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ABSTRACT
Fifty-two cases of choriocarcinoma were recorded in the Jamaica Cancer Registry for the parishes of Kingston and St.Andrew, giving an incidence of 17,384 live births. This is intermediate between figures reported for Western metropolitan populations and for Far Eastern countries. Clinicopathological studies on 26 cases treated at the University Hospital in Jamaica revealed that 65 percent followed either normal pregnancy or abortion. Choriocarcinoma following a normal pregnancy or occurring without a previous history of pregnancy carried a poorer prognosis than those with a preceding hydatidiform mole. Many patients had primary neurological manifestations. The overall prognosis was poor due to late presentation with disseminated metastases. Of the 26 patients, 15 died of the disease within two years and only six appeared for a six-year follow-up (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Uterinas
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Coriocarcinoma
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Jamaica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int. surg. (Online)
Ano de publicação:
1977
Tipo de documento:
Article