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PATTERN OF CANCER IN MBARARA, UGANDA
Abstract
Objective: To determine the pattern of cancer in Mbarara region.
Design: Retrospective descriptive study
Setting: Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, southwestern
Uganda.
Subjects: A total of 585 cancer patients diagnosed between 1995 and 1999 formed the basis
of the analysis.
Results: The most frequent cancers observed among males in their descending order were
Kaposis sarcoma (KS), stomach, Non Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), prostate and penis
while in females cancer of cervix, breast, NHL, stomach and KS were found most frequent.
Conclusion: This pattern was different from that of Kyadondo county, Uganda in which
stomach and penila cancer were found to be rare whereas oesophageal cancer was one of
the commonest cancer in Kyadondo but rare in Mbarara. These differences which are
discussed in detail could be attributed to both environmental and genetic factors.
Design: Retrospective descriptive study
Setting: Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mbarara, southwestern
Uganda.
Subjects: A total of 585 cancer patients diagnosed between 1995 and 1999 formed the basis
of the analysis.
Results: The most frequent cancers observed among males in their descending order were
Kaposis sarcoma (KS), stomach, Non Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), prostate and penis
while in females cancer of cervix, breast, NHL, stomach and KS were found most frequent.
Conclusion: This pattern was different from that of Kyadondo county, Uganda in which
stomach and penila cancer were found to be rare whereas oesophageal cancer was one of
the commonest cancer in Kyadondo but rare in Mbarara. These differences which are
discussed in detail could be attributed to both environmental and genetic factors.
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