Ochicha O, Alhassan S, Mohammed A Z, Edino S T, Nwokedi E E
Department of Pathology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University, Kano.
West Afr J Med. 2003 Sep;22(3):202-4. doi: 10.4314/wajm.v22i3.27949.
Malignant tumours of the bladder have been observed to be quite common in Kano but there has been no formal study. This four-year (1998-2001) retrospective review sought to document the pattern of these neoplasms. Vesical malignancies constituted 6.4% of all cancers in Kano with squamous (53%) and transitional (35%) carcinomas as the most common histological types. Males outnumbered females more than five times (M:F = 5.2.:1). Cancer of the bladder was most prevalent in the 5th and 6th decades with a mean age of 48.8 years. In general our findings are similar to bladder cancer in other schistosomal endemic regions of Africa.
