OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative frequencies of gynaecological @entity5 in Ghana, age and parity distribution, stage of disease at presentation and the influence of age and parity on stage at presentation. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. SUBJECTS: Cases of gynaecological @entity5 seen in a fifty two month period. RESULTS: @entity5 was the commonest, constituting about 57.8% of gynaecological @entity5 . @entity43 , @entity1204 , @entity189 followed in that order. The mean age and parity for @entity2622 (52.0[SD12.0] years, 5.8[SD2.7] respectively) were significantly higher than those for @entity43 (46.4[SD15.0] years, 3.5[SD3.0] respectively) but not significantly different from those for @entity1204 (56.0[SD13.5] years, 5.4[SD3.0] respectively). Most @entity1 with @entity43 presented with @entity1442 while most with @entity1204 presented with early stage disease. Age and parity did not have any influence on the stage at presentation with @entity43 . Concerning @entity1204 , although age did not influence stage at presentation, @entity1 of high parity (> or = 5) presented with earlier stage disease than those of parity less than 5. CONCLUSION: As a first step towards reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with gynaecological @entity5 in Ghana, appropriate steps must be taken to reduce the incidence of @entity2622 . In addition, detailed study of the epidemiology of cervical and @entity1204 in Ghanaian @entity1 is needed to determine whether they share any other common antecedents in addition to age and parity.

Pattern of gynaecological XXXX in Ghana.

@entity43 :: ('MESH:D010051', 'Disease') :: ['ovarian carcinoma', 'cervical or ovarian carcinoma', 'Ovarian cancer'] @entity1204 :: ('MESH:D016889', 'Disease') :: ['endometrial carcinoma', 'endometrial cancer', 'endometrial cancers'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancers', 'Cervical cancer'] @entity2622 :: ('MESH:D002583', 'Disease') :: ['cervical carcinoma'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['choriocarcinoma and vulval carcinoma'] @entity1442 :: ('MESH:D020178', 'Disease') :: ['advanced disease']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancers']
