Table 2 Ten most prevalent cancers seen at KBTH by sexes in 2012
From: Profile of cancer patients’ seen at Korle Bu teaching hospital in Ghana (A cancer registry review)
Overall | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Site | N (%) | Site | N (%) | Site | N (%) |
1. | Breast | 333 (29.3) | Prostate | 90 (26.5) | Breast | 325 (40.8) |
2. | Cervix | 194 (17.1) | Pharynx | 25 (7.4) | Cervix | 194 (24.3) |
3. | Prostate | 90 (7.9) | Colorectal | 22 (6.5) | Uterus | 36 (4.5) |
4. | Colorectal | 57 (5.0) | Stomach | 19 (5.6) | Colorectal | 35 (4.4) |
5. | Uterus | 36 (3.2) | Bones | 17 (5.0) | Ovary | 34 (4.3) |
6. | Ovary | 34 (3.0) | Skin | 17 (5.0) | Thyroid | 17 (2.1) |
7. | Pharynx | 33 (2.9) | Larynx | 12 (3.5) | Bones | 15 (1.9) |
8. | Bones | 32 (2.8) | Lung | 9 (2.7) | Lung | 10 (1.3) |
9. | Skin | 26 (2.3) | Liver | 9 (2.7) | Skin | 9 (1.1) |
10. | Stomach | 25 (2.2) | Bone marrow | 8 (2.4) | Brain | 9 (1.1) |