{"title":"Study Of Cervical Cancers In Mauritius Over A Twelve Years Period (1989-2000) And Role Of Cervical Screening","authors":"N. Jeebun, S. Agnihotri, S. Manraj, B. Purwar","doi":"10.5580/29b1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cervical cancer is among the most dangerous diseases affecting women worldwide. In Mauritius, it is the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer. During the 1989-1992 period, the incidence of cancer cervix was 20 % of all cancers in females and dropped to 12% during the 1997-2000 period. Over this twelve year period (1989-2000), the mean age of patients with cervical cancer was 56 years. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common histologic type and the incidence was greatest among the native Mauritian population. A cervical cancer screening program started in Mauritius in the year 2001 and is ongoing.","PeriodicalId":22534,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet Journal of Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/29b1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cervical cancer is among the most dangerous diseases affecting women worldwide. In Mauritius, it is the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer. During the 1989-1992 period, the incidence of cancer cervix was 20 % of all cancers in females and dropped to 12% during the 1997-2000 period. Over this twelve year period (1989-2000), the mean age of patients with cervical cancer was 56 years. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most common histologic type and the incidence was greatest among the native Mauritian population. A cervical cancer screening program started in Mauritius in the year 2001 and is ongoing.