tailieunhanh - Symptomatology of Gynecological Malignancies: Experiences in the Gynecology Out-Patient Clinic of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kolkata, India

he 2004-05 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey is the most recent in a series of national surveys conducted in Tanzania to meas- - ure levels, patterns, and trends in fertility, family planning, and health indicators. he previous surveys were carried out in 1991-92, 1994, 1996, and 1999. he 2004-05 TDHS was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). he 2004-05 survey included a nationally representative sample of 10,329 women and 2,635 men from approximately 9,700 households. his sample provides estimates for Tanzania as a whole (including Zanzibar), for urban and rural areas, and, for most indicators, an esti- - mate for. | Symptomatology of Gynecological Malignancies in a Gynecology Out-Patient Clinic in Kolkata India RESEARCH COMMUNICATION Symptomatology of Gynecological Malignancies Experiences in the Gynecology Out-Patient Clinic of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kolkata India Madhutandra Sarkar1 2 Hiralal Konar3 DK Raut4 Abstract Background This cross-sectional observational study was undertaken in a gynecology out-patient clinic to identify the symptoms suggestive of gynecological malignancies followed by histopathological confirmation of their diagnoses and to determine the proportion of the histopathologically confirmed cases specific to sites. Methods In a gynecology out-patient clinic in Kolkata India patients with symptoms suggestive of gynecological malignancies were screened to identify possible cancer cases. Diagnoses were confirmed by histopathology. One hundred thirteen patients with histopathologically confirmed gynecological malignancies were interviewed further. Results This study shows that of the overall outpatients or nearly one-fourth of the patients with the symptoms suggestive of gynecological malignancies was histopathologically confirmed as having gynecological malignancies. Most of the patients with the symptoms suggestive of gynecological malignancies reported excessive offensive with or without blood stained vaginal discharge followed by irregular heavy or prolonged vaginal bleeding . The commonest histopathologically confirmed gynecological malignancy was cervical cancer followed by ovarian cancer . Conclusions This study highlights the need to increase the awareness about the symptoms of gynecological malignancies among women and the community. Health care personnel have a major role to identify the warning symptoms early for further investigation of the possible cases of gynecological malignancies. Keywords Symptomatology - screening - gynecological malignancies - women Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev 11 785-791 Introduction .