Cancer in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Dedicoat, M.; Sitas, F.; Newton, R.
South African Medical Journal 93(11): 846-847
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 14677508 Document Number: 554798
During 18 months (April 2001-September 2002) of cancer registration at Hlabisa Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, information was collected on 118 cancers in men and 106 in women living in Hlabisa district. The most frequently diagnosed cancers among men were Kaposi's sarcoma (n=47; 40%) and lung cancer (n=24; 20%), followed by cancers of the liver (n=11; 9%) and oesophagus (n=8; 7%). In women, the most frequent cancers were Kaposi's sarcoma (n=43; 41%) and cancer of the uterine cervix (n=35; 33%), followed by other female genital tumours (n=6; 6%) and colorectal cancer (n=4; 4%). Histological confirmation of diagnosis was available for 25% of cancers and 53% were diagnosed on clinical grounds alone.