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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral

versión On-line ISSN 1561-3038

Resumen

REAL-COTTO, Jhony Joe et al. Cancer Incidence in the SOLCA Hospital, Guayaquil. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2019, vol.35, n.2  Epub 01-Jun-2019. ISSN 1561-3038.

Introduction:

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, reported in 2012 that the global burden of cancer increased to an estimated 14 million new cases each year, and is expected to grow over the next two decades.

Objective:

To determine the incidence of different types of cancer in patients diagnosed in SOLCA hospital in Guayaquil.

Methods:

Non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional design. The study population was 18 805 patients newly diagnosed with cancer in the SOLCA hospital, Guayaquil, during the period 2013-2017.

Results:

The incidence of cancer was 63% in women and 37% in men. Mainly, the age group in men was 65-69 years (12.2%); in women, 50-54 years (10.9%); in children, 0-14 years, the highest proportion in male patients (7.9%). The frequency in women was: breast (24.8%), cervix (14.3%), thyroid (11.5%); and in men: prostate (18.5%), non-melanoma skin (8.3%), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (8.2%). In pediatric cancer, lymphoid leukemia was the most frequent, in girls (38.1%) in the group of 10-14 years (47.9%); in children (43.5%) in the group of 5-9 years (55.2%).

Conclusions:

In women, breast, cervical and thyroid cancer were diagnosed at younger ages; in men, the prostate is more frequent in the adult stage. Pediatric cancer, in general, is proportionally higher in males.

Palabras clave : Diagnosis; cancer; incidence.

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