The Singular Epidemiology of Plasmacytoma and Multiple Myeloma in French Guiana.

Background: The objective was to review a decade of plasmacytoma (PC) and multiple myeloma (MM) data from French Guiana, and to study its spatial and temporal trends.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of MM and PC between January 2005 and December 2014 using cancer registry data, including age-standardized incidence and mortality rates.

Results: There were 110 cases of PC and MM (62 women and 48 men), representing the eighth most frequent malignancy in French Guiana.

Complex Sex Differences in Life Expectancy in French Guiana.

In the complex context of French Guiana, different vulnerabilities and different risk factors between genders may lead to complex differences in health outcomes, mortality, and life expectancy. Our aim was, thus, to compare male and female mortality and life expectancy, to compare it between French Guiana and mainland France, and to look at temporal trends and the main specific causes of death in order to identify actionable singularities. National databases were used to obtain life expectancy at birth, at 20, 40, and 60 years, and mortality statistics.

Incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in French Guiana: Temporal and spatial trends.

Objectives: Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer among women in French Guiana. The objective was to review a decade of cervical cancer data, and to study spatial and temporal trends.

Study Design: The design was retrospective and descriptive.

Gastric Cancer Incidence and Mortality in French Guiana: South American or French?

Purpose: Gastric cancer is a frequent cancer in the tropics. The objective was to review a decade of gastric cancer data, and to study its spatial and temporal trends.

Methods: The cancer registry of French Guiana compiled exhaustive data on gastric cancer throughout French Guiana between 2005 and 2014.

Vaccination against yellow fever in French Guiana: The impact of educational level, negative beliefs and attitude towards vaccination.

Objective: Analyze the impact of educational level, negative beliefs and negative attitudes on the yellow fever vaccination coverage (YFVC).

Methodology: This analytical study involved a sample of 2763 people from 866 households. Educational status was described in six levels: No level (Respondent had never attended school), level-1 (respondent left before intermediate school), level-2 (Respondent attended intermediate school), level-3 (respondent attended high school), level-4 (Respondent attended university), Other level (When the level could not be determined).

Follow-up and outcomes of pregnancies in French Guiana: the part of teenage pregnancies.

Objective: Describe the part that teenage pregnancy plays in overall pregnancies in French Guiana.

Methods: Descriptive and retrospective study of the medical records of 25,343 women who delivered in French Guiana from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2012. The study displays and compares several indicators of follow-up visits, pregnancy-linked disorders, delivery and birth outcomes between the years and between minors and adult women.