Esophageal and Gastric Cancers in Hadhramout

Abstract

Objectives: This study was done to know trends
and characteristics of Esophageal cancers ( EC)
and Gastric cancers (GC) in Hadhramout.
Subjects & methods: A retrospective descriptive
study for all registered cancers in Hadhramout National Cancer (HNOC) between 2002-2012 looking for EC & GC with regard to age, sex, residency
and histopathological diagnosis. Clinical presentation were analyzed for cases between 2006-2012.
Results: the total registered cancer cases were
2988, out of them 447(16%) cases were digestive cancers , EC cases were 40,out of them 24
(60%) were males, while GC were 88 cases ,out
of them 54 were males (61.4%). Both EC and
GC were more common in ages ≥70 years. From
Hadhramout Coast there were 67.5% of EC and
61.4% of GC, from HadhramoutValey 15% of EC
and 29.5% of GC, and the rest of cases were from
other areas. Squamous cell carcinoma was the
most common in EC and adenocarcinoma in GC.
Dysphagia was the most common presentation in
EC, while epigastric pain in GC.
Conclusion: Squamous cell carcinoma was the
most common in EC and adenocarcinoma in GC,
both cancers were more in elderly and in males.
Further studies are needed to address the community-related risk factors