Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) by Subject "Cancer"

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    • Association between invasive cancer of the cervix and HIV-1 infection in Tanzania: the need for dual screening 

      Kahesa, Crispin; Mwaiselage, Julius; Wabinga, Henry R.; Ngoma, Twalib; Kalyango, Joan N.; Karamagi, Charles A.S. (BioMed Central, 2008-07-30)
      Background: Cancer of the cervix is the second commonest malignancy in females worldwide and is the leading malignancy among women in Tanzania. Cancer of the cervix has been strongly associated with Human Papilloma Virus ...

    • Cancer of the cervix: The Uganda guidelines 

      Kiguli-Malwadde, E.; Gakwaya, A.M.; Robinson, A.J; Luwaga, A.K; Kigula, J.B Mugambe (Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa, 2005)
      Cancer of the cervix (Ca Cx) is the commonest gynecological malignancy among women in Uganda contributing about 80% of all female malignancies. The incidence rate is 40:100 000. It is the leading cause of cancer related ...

    • Factors influencing Kaposi's Sarcoma treatment outcome at Uganda Cancer Institute 

      Maloba, Were Edward (2008-07)
      Uganda commonly diagnoses epidemic as well as endemic Kaposi's sarcoma cancer variants. A retrospective chart review of 1,483 Kaposi's sarcoma patient files for patients managed at Uganda Cancer institute in Mulago Referral ...

    • Oesophageal cancer management guidelines for Uganda. 

      Galukande, M.; Luwaga, A.; Jombwe, J.; Mugisa, B.D.; Baguma, P.; Kigula-Mugambe, J.B.; Faulal, J.; Kiguli-Malwadde, E.; Orem, J.; Gakwaya, A. (Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa, 2009)
      In Uganda, Oesophageal cancer is the third commonest malignancy in men and the fourth commonest in women, with an age standardized incidence rate of 13 - 14 per 100,000 of the population1,2. It remains a challenging tumour ...

    • Papillary squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix in Uganda: a report of 20 cases 

      Odida, Michael (Makerere University Medical Schoolhttp://dspace3.mak.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/10570/182/submit/3e582f506d1d1b25142a314a71392c43366f4d5c.continue, 2005-12)
      Background: Non-glandular papillary carcinoma of the cervix are uncommon tumours. In Uganda where cervical carcinoma is very common, no cases of papillary squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix has been reported. Objectives: ...

    • Prevalence and aetiology of Bactereamia among children with Lymphomas on Cancer Chemotherapy at the Uganda Cancer Institute 

      Asire, Barbara (2009)
      Introduction: The prevalence of cancers has been noted to be on the increase worldwide. In Africa this increase has mainly been attributed to viral infections especially mv. Lymphomas are currently the commonest childhood ...

    • Prevalence and factors associated with spontaneous laboratory tumor lysis syndrome in children with high grade tumors at Mulago Hospital 

      Apiyo, Miriam (Makerere University, 2014-06)
      Background: High grade tumors like Burkitt ’s lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma are among the most common pediatric malignancies in Sub-Saharan Africa. These malignancies are characterized by high tumor burden and ...

    • Risk factors for and types of oesophageal cancer 

      Wabinga, H.R.; Odida, Michael; Colebunders, B; Ocama, P; Colebunders, R. (Elsevier, 2004-12-04)
      In his Comment, Alastair Munro (Aug 14, p 566) mentions that the potential influence of histology has been largely ignored in clinical trials of oesophageal cancer. He notes that the frequency of adenocarcinoma is rising, ...