[Epidemiology and histopronostic of prostatic cancer in Togo: about 202 cases diagnosed at the laboratory of pathology of the Tokoin teaching hospital of Lome].

Objectives: Describe the epidemiological and histological aspects of the prostate cancer in Togo.

Methods: It was a retrospective descriptive study relating to 202 cases diagnosed between 1984 and 2003 at the Laboratory of Pathology of the Tokoin teaching hospital of Lome. The parameters studied were: frequency, age, circumstances of discovery, PSA value and histological type.

Results: The frequency of prostate cancer was 10 cases on average. The average age of patients was 70 years (45 to 95 years). The circumstances of discovery were dominated by voiding disorders and the average PSA was 88.5 ng/ml (7.8 to 560.4). Histologically, it was adenocarcinoma in 97.5% of cases and squamous cell carcinoma in 1.9% of cases.

Conclusion: The prostate cancer although uncommon in Togo remains a public health problem because of the weak accessibility of the population to the diagnosis. So, a national program of screening is needed.