The Challenges of Managing Ovarian Cancer in the Developing World
Ovarian cancer has high morbidity and mortality rates among cancers of the reproductive system. The disease typically presents at late stage when the 5-year relative survival rate is only 29%. Similarly, access to prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care for cancer-related disease...
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| description | Ovarian cancer has high morbidity and mortality rates among cancers of the reproductive system. The disease typically presents at late stage when the 5-year relative survival rate is only 29%. Similarly, access to prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care for cancer-related disease is insufficient. The availability of cancer treatments in Africa is especially poor. Case. A 17-year-old lady, nulliparous, was admitted with complaint of abdominal swelling and loss of weight and a huge left ovarian cyst revealed by ultrasound scan. Laparotomy was done, and a mass which resembled a hemorrhagic solid tumor was found. Grossly, the left ovarian mass measured 15.0×20.0×8.0 cm and a left salpingectomy was performed. Two months later, she came back with lower limb swelling progressively increased in a week with vulvar edema, with a palpable mass. She was discharged on request by her relatives for traditional medicine. One year later, she passed on in an unrevealed picture. The management of ovarian cancer is too challenging in low-resource countries, from hospital settings to the communities with poor cancer awareness. It is therefore imperative that healthcare resources, policies, and planning focus to be coordinated in a rational way. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fed349c4f45647599ebc302b8ef90c922025-02-03T01:25:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Oncological Medicine2090-67062090-67142020-01-01202010.1155/2020/83796288379628The Challenges of Managing Ovarian Cancer in the Developing WorldOlivier Mulisya0Franck K. Sikakulya1Mbusa Mastaki2Tambavira Gertrude3Mathe Jeff4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, FEPSI Hospital, Butembo, CongoDepartment of Surgery, Kampala International University Western Campus, Ishaka, UgandaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, FEPSI Hospital, Butembo, CongoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, FEPSI Hospital, Butembo, CongoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, CongoOvarian cancer has high morbidity and mortality rates among cancers of the reproductive system. The disease typically presents at late stage when the 5-year relative survival rate is only 29%. Similarly, access to prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care for cancer-related disease is insufficient. The availability of cancer treatments in Africa is especially poor. Case. A 17-year-old lady, nulliparous, was admitted with complaint of abdominal swelling and loss of weight and a huge left ovarian cyst revealed by ultrasound scan. Laparotomy was done, and a mass which resembled a hemorrhagic solid tumor was found. Grossly, the left ovarian mass measured 15.0×20.0×8.0 cm and a left salpingectomy was performed. Two months later, she came back with lower limb swelling progressively increased in a week with vulvar edema, with a palpable mass. She was discharged on request by her relatives for traditional medicine. One year later, she passed on in an unrevealed picture. The management of ovarian cancer is too challenging in low-resource countries, from hospital settings to the communities with poor cancer awareness. It is therefore imperative that healthcare resources, policies, and planning focus to be coordinated in a rational way.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8379628 |
| spellingShingle | Olivier Mulisya Franck K. Sikakulya Mbusa Mastaki Tambavira Gertrude Mathe Jeff The Challenges of Managing Ovarian Cancer in the Developing World Case Reports in Oncological Medicine |
| title | The Challenges of Managing Ovarian Cancer in the Developing World |
| title_full | The Challenges of Managing Ovarian Cancer in the Developing World |
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| title_short | The Challenges of Managing Ovarian Cancer in the Developing World |
| title_sort | challenges of managing ovarian cancer in the developing world |
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