Is Prostate Cancer in Kenya the Most Aggressive in Africa? A Mortality Audit
Abstract
Introduction and Objective:
In Kenya, prostate can-
cer is one of the most aggressive diseases ranking
only second to esophageal cancer, with an estimated
age-specifi
c mortality rate of 11.7. However, other
than a decade-old data on clinical presentation of
prostate cancer in Kenya, local studies on outcomes
are limited. We aimed to determine the incidence of
prostate cancer-specifi
c death in Kenya in the 21st
century at Kenya’s largest referral hospital.
Materials and Methods:
One hundred patients with
prostate cancer were reviewed from January 2013 to
January 2014. Th
e age, clinical presentation, PSA,
radiological fi
ndings, Gleason’s score and outcomes….
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Citation
El-Busaidy, H., Ndaguatha., Ngugi, M., Owillah, F., Nderitu, J., Obure, R., Dawood, and Shariff, H (2015). Is Prostate Cancer in Kenya the Most Aggressive in Africa? A Mortality Audit. SIU 2015 abstract book — 35th congress of the société internationale d’urologiePublisher
University of Nairobi