Prognostic factors and overall survival of breast cancer in Benin: a hospital-based study.

Background: In Benin, a country in West Africa, breast cancer is the leading cancer in women, both in terms of incidence and mortality. However, evidence on the mortality of breast cancer and its associated factors is lacking in this country. Our aim was to describe and analyze the clinical, histopathological, and prognostic aspects of breast cancer in Benin.

[Adequacy of histopathology request forms and pathological reports of breast cancer surgical specimens in Benin].

Introduction: Breast cancer requires multidisciplinary management. Pathologists and physicians communicate using the histopathology request form and the pathology report. There are some minimal criteria that both should respect.

Prognosis of Pregnancy in Epileptics in Benin: A Case-Control Study.

 The main purpose of this article is to define prognosis of pregnancies in epileptic women in Benin.  This was a case-control study that included 54 epileptic women who had at least one pregnancy matched to 162 controls on age, pregnancy term, and monitoring center. Information about epilepsy, treatment, pregnancy, and childbirth were collected.

[Epidemiology of the gynecological and mammary cancer to the HOMEL and in the CUGO Cotonou, Bénin].

Introduction: The gynecological and mammary cancers constitute a major preoccupation for the international community because they represent an important cause of mortality and morbidity among women. However, their systematic tracking is not always current in our countries of the south. This survey aims to evaluate the epidemiological features of these cancers in hospital-academic environment in Cotonou.

[Delivery in free position perhaps a solution to change delivery in traditional position in delivery rooms in Africa: results of a prospective study in Cotonou in Bénin].

In most of Africa's birthing units, women are often forbidden to stand during labour and delivery. This study aimed to determine the effect of a freely vertical position (standing,sitting, crouching) compared with the traditional supine position on the course of delivery and on perinatal and maternal outcomes(including the satisfaction level of mothers).Methods: We compared a group of 490 women who chose to deliver in a freely vertical position with 490 women who delivered in a traditional position, at the Hopital de Ia mere et de l'enfant Lagune of Cotonou, from January 1, 2009, to December 31,2011.