Malignancies at the hospital of Doctor Albert Schweitzer, Lambaréné, Gabon, 1950–1965
✍ Scribed by A. R. T. Denues; Walter Munz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 425 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
Records from 1950 through I965 for 64,297 persons seen at the Hospital of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, LambarPnt, Gabon (equatorial West Africa) disclose 196 histologically-proven malignancies. Dominated by carcinomas, chiefly of the genitourinary and alimentary tracts, these malignancies also include substantial numbers of lymphomas and sarcomas. Although primary cancers of the liver were found, no evidence was found at Lambartnt of certain other tumors prevalent elsewhere in Africa. No nasopharyngeal or esophageal cancers were recorded; further, few malignancies were recorded for young persons, and for children no evidence was found of leukemias or the malignant lymphoma of Burkitt. A near-constant proportion of numbers of malignancies to total numbers of histopathological reports was found throughout the 16-year period 1950-1965; this result does not support the suggestion of an increased general prevalence of malignancies during recent years. Collectively, the data extend the published in formation for malignancies in equatorial West Africa, and suggest several directions-both clinical and endemiologic-for studies at Lambartnt.
" Cartes de Clinique ", and, most important for this study, ledgers of " Sektionsberichte " and of " Histopathologische Berichte ". These records were found to be most readily available and complete for the period dating from January, 1950.