Patterns of Esophageal Cancer in the National Cancer Institute at the University of Gezira, in Gezira State, Sudan, in 1999-2012.

Background: Esophageal cancer (EC) is among the most common malignancies in Eastern Africa, but the occurrence of EC in Sudan has rarely been described in the scientific literature. This paper reports the results of a consecutive case series of all EC patients who visited one of the two public cancer treatment centers in the country in 1999-2012, providing a first description of this disease in a treatment center located in central Sudan.

Materials And Methods: Clinical and demographic data for all EC patients who visited the Department of Oncology of the National Cancer Institute at the University of Gezira (NCI-UG) from 1999 to the end of 2012 were abstracted and tabulated by sex, tumor type and other characteristics.

Predominance of females with oesophageal cancer in Gezira, Central Sudan.

Background: The majority of oesophageal cancer cases occur in developing countries. Globally males predominate.

Objective: This study aims to review the clinical aspects of oesophageal carcinoma in Sudanese patients referred to endoscopy in Gezira, Central Sudan.

Breast cancer burden in central Sudan.

Breast cancer is a worldwide disease resulting in many deaths. Although breast cancer incidence is lower in Sub-Saharan African countries than in developed countries, African women are more likely than women in the developed world to be diagnosed at later stages of the disease and, thus, are more likely to die from it. This is due to the lack of awareness by women, accessibility to screening methods, and availability of African-based research findings that would influence decision making at the governmental level.

Childhood cancer in Sudan: 1999-2007.

There is paucity of information on childhood cancer from Sudan with the last studies published more than 20 years ago. This study aims to provide a current picture of childhood cancer in Sudan. Data was obtained from the hospital registry for the period May 1999 to June 2007 on all paediatric patients presenting to the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan.

Histopathological patterns of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Sudan.

Objective: To study the histological patterns of nasopharyngeal carcinoma NPC in Sudanese patients and to compare them with the internationally published series.

Methods: A retrospective review for records of NPC patients treated in the Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Biology and Oncology INMO, Wadmedani, Sudan, during the period 2000-2005 was conducted. Parameters included in the review were histological types of NPC according to the World Health Organization WHO classification, age, gender, locality, ethnicity, and stage.

Wilms tumour in Sudan.

Background: Wilms tumour is one of the commonest childhood solid tumours which has an excellent outlook in the developed world with 5-year overall survival exceeding 90%. There is little information from Sudan regarding Wilms tumour.

Procedure: Records of patients with Wilms tumour diagnosed and treated at Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Biology and Oncology (INMO) in the University of Gezira from May 1999 to June 2007 were reviewed.