Fatiregun Omolara Aminat, Bakare Omowunmi, Ayeni Sunday, Oyerinde Adebowale, Sowunmi Anthonia C, Popoola Abiodun, Salako Omolola, Alabi Adewumi, Joseph Adedayo
Department of Radiology & Oncology, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria.
Department of Radiology & Oncology, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos.
Front Oncol. 2020 Nov 30;10:573036. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.573036. eCollection 2020.
Globally, cancer is a major leading health problem with an estimated 10 million incidences and 6 million cancer deaths annually. In Nigeria, an estimated 72,000 cancer deaths occur annually, and 102,000 new cases are diagnosed from its population of 200 million people. These are, however, estimates, it is necessary to document the yearly trends and patterns of cancer mortality with regards to the different regions in the country.
we conducted this study at the Lagos State University Teaching hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos to document mortality patterns from 2009 to 2018. Data extracted included those from the patient's case notes, admission and death registers, and death certificates. we also had records from the hospital records department and medical wards. We then documented cancer mortality over the study period.
A total number of 6,592 deaths were recorded over ten years, and 1,133 cases were cancer-related deaths. This number puts the percentage of cancer-related deaths at 17.2%. Male patients accounted for 54.0%, and female patients are 46.0%. Breast cancer accounted for the highest mortality, followed by prostate cancer. The highest number of deaths were recorded in 2010 at 821, followed by 2011 at 799, 2015 at 780, and the least in 2017 at 513. There is also a significant general increase in odds of mortality with an increase in decades of life.
This study shows that about one in five deaths, over the last ten years, from this tertiary institution, is related to a cancer diagnosis. Even though a yearly decline in the number of cancer deaths was noticed, probably due to increased awareness and governmental intervention, the percentage still remains high.
在全球范围内，癌症是一个主要的健康问题，估计每年有1000万例发病和600万例癌症死亡。在尼日利亚，估计每年有72000人死于癌症，在其2亿人口中，每年有102000例新病例被诊断出来。然而，这些都是估计数，有必要记录该国不同地区癌症死亡率的年度趋势和模式。
我们在拉各斯伊凯贾的拉各斯州立大学教学医院（LASUTH）进行了这项研究，以记录2009年至2018年的死亡模式。提取的数据包括患者病历、入院和死亡登记册以及死亡证明中的数据。我们还拥有医院记录部门和医疗病房的记录。然后，我们记录了研究期间的癌症死亡率。
十年间共记录了6592例死亡，其中1133例为癌症相关死亡。这个数字使癌症相关死亡的百分比达到17.2%。男性患者占54.0%，女性患者占46.0%。乳腺癌的死亡率最高，其次是前列腺癌。死亡人数最多的是2010年，为821人，其次是2011年，为799人，2015年为780人，最少的是2017年，为513人。随着年龄的增长，死亡率的几率也有显著的普遍增加。
这项研究表明，在过去十年中，这家三级医疗机构约五分之一的死亡与癌症诊断有关。尽管注意到癌症死亡人数逐年下降，这可能是由于意识提高和政府干预，但百分比仍然很高。
