Cancer Distribution Patterns over 5-Year Period (2016-2020) in Ekiti State Cancer Registry, Ido-Ekiti, Southwestern Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Adeniyi Samuel Oginni | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-04T13:36:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-04T13:36:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cancer is one of the major disease burdens worldwide and the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease. In Nigeria, the survival rate is low due to the high cost of treatment and late presentation at the hospitals. According to the 2020 World Cancer Report, prevention is the “only consideration that will credibly decrease [cancer] burden”. The socio-demographic data of 707 cancer patients spanning over five years (2016-2020) were collected from the Ekiti State Cancer Registry at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI). Cancer types were distributed as follows in Ekiti state: reproductive (37.2%), breast (33.5%), gastrointestinal tract, GIT, (7.1%), blood and bone marrow (3.1%), colon (3.1%), connective tissue (2.8%), skin (2.7%), metastatic (2.5%), liver and gall bladder (2.3%), brain (1.8%), endocrine (1.8%), kidney (1.6%), lungs (1.0%), lymphoma (0.8%), eye (0.7%) and jaw (0.4%). The number of male and female subjects was 264 (37.3%) and 443 (62.7%), respectively, with 53% of the female subjects presenting with breast cancer. The prevalence of cancer ranged from 0.64 per 100,000 at Ise/Orun LGA to 15.59 per 100,000 at Ido-Osi LGA. The study found that in Ekiti State, cancer occurrence is higher in females than males, the most frequent being cancer of reproductive sites. Furthermore, the average age of cancer patients was 57.8 years. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2616-0714 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5242 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Nigerian Journal of Environment and Health | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 4; 37-48 | |
| dc.title | Cancer Distribution Patterns over 5-Year Period (2016-2020) in Ekiti State Cancer Registry, Ido-Ekiti, Southwestern Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Article |