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Cancer of the larynx in black Africans in Jos Nigeria
O B Lilly-Tariah1, C O Ukoli, E J Nwana
1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Nigeria.
Objective:
A clinico-pathological study of cancer of the larynx in Jos from 1983 to 1995.
Setting:
Jos University Teaching University.
Subjects:
38 patients.
Results:
38 (100%) patients were seen. Thirty four (89.5%) were Black African males. Mean age was 47.7 years. Twenty nine (76.3%) smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol. Hoarseness (100%) was the commonest symptom. Mean duration of symptoms was 13.5% months. Transglottic (42.1%) was the commonest site and squamous cell carcinoma (97.4%) was the predominant histologic type.
Conclusion:
There was a male preponderance. The mean age was lower than in other series. Patients often presented late. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest cell type.
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