Female genital tract

A Thirty-year Review of Vulvar Cancer in Jamaica, 1978 to 2007

Issue:

Vol 63, Issue 2: Mar (2014)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2013.125

Pages:

134–7

Synopsis:

In Jamaica, squamous cell carcinoma is the most common vulvar cancer, affecting mainly older women. Age-standardized rates for all vulvar cancers and vulvar squamous cell carcinoma are declining.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate the trends in vulvar cancer between 1978 and 2007 in Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, with respect to age-standardized rates and histologic types.

Methods: All cases of vulvar cancer recorded in the Jamaica Cancer Registry from 1978 to 2007 were extracted and analysed for age distribution and histologic type.

Received:

06 May, 2013

Accepted:

30 Jul, 2013

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