Table 4 Patterns of ovarian cancer tumor types in Tanzania compared with Alberta, Canada
Major categories | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
East Africa (n %) | Mean age (±SE) | Alberta (n %) | Mean age (±SE) | |
Epithelial | 127 (60.5) | 52.0 (1.2) | 1645 (89.9) | 61.8 (0.4) |
Germ cell tumor | 27 (12.6) | 24.2 (2.7) | 58 (3.2) | 31.2 (1.5) |
Lymphoma | 13 (6.2) | 15.3 (3.7) | NA | NA |
Sex cord stromal tumor | 30 (14.3) | 45.0 (2.9) | 17 (0.92) | 57.1 (4.1) |
Sarcoma | 5 (2.4) | 50.3 (6.7) | 5 (0.3) | 62.2 (6.1) |
Others | 1 (0.5) | 30.0 (13.4) | 104 (5.7) | 79.0(1.2) |
Histotypes specific | ||||
Carcinoma (epithelia) | N = 113 | N = 1646 | ||
HGSC | 57 (50.4) | 831 (50.5) | ||
EC | 32 (28.3) | 186 (11.3) | ||
CCC | 4 (3.5) | 132 (8.0) | ||
LGSC | 2 (1.8) | 15 (0.9) | ||
MC | 10 (8.8) | 120 (7.3) | ||
Others | 8 (7.1) | 362 (22.0) | ||
Germ cell tumors | N = 26 | N = 58 | ||
Dysgerminoma | 5 (19.2) | 17 (29.3) | ||
Yolk Sac Tumor | 14 (53.8) | 10 (17.2) | ||
Immature Teratoma | 4 (15.4) | 18 (31.0) | ||
Others | 3 (11.6) | 13 (22.4) | ||
Sex cord stromal tumor | N = 30 | N = 17 | ||
Adult granulosa Cell Tumor | 24 (80.0) | 12 (70.6) | ||
Sertoli Leydig Cell Tumor | 2 (6.7) | 4 (23.5) | ||
Juvenile Granulosa Cell Tumor | 4 (13.3) | 0 | ||
Others | 0 | 1 (5.9) | ||