Gastrointestinal Cancer in Young Adults: Report of 77 Cases at Aristide Le Dantec Teaching Hospital of Dakar, Senegal

Papa Abdoulaye Ba, Thomas Marcel Mbar Wade, Mohamed Lamine Diao and Ibrahima Konaté

Department of General Surgery, Aristide Le Dantec Teaching Hospital of Dakar, Senegal
University of Thies Faculty of Health Sciences, Senegal
Department of General Surgery, Gaston Berger University of St Louis, Senegal

^*Correspondance to: Papa Abdoulaye Ba 

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Abstract:

Introduction: There is little data on digestive cancers among young people in Sub-Saharan countries. We conducted a retrospective study at Aristide Le Dantec Teaching Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, to describe the epidemiological, topographic and histological aspects of gastrointestinal cancer in the young people.
Materiel and Methods: It’s a retrospective study conducted over 3 years in 3 departments. It covered all patients aged 15 to 35 years admitted for gastrointestinal cancer. 
Results: We collected 77 files. There were 45 men (58.4%) and 32 women (41.5%). The average age was 28. The most frequent cancers were the esophageal cancer (37.6%), the colorectal cancer (33.7%) and the liver cancer (20.8%). Nowadays, the new lifestyle of the young adults exposes them to more risk factors for digestive cancers.
Conclusion: The real incidence of digestive cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa is still unknown, but more young people are likely being affected.

Keywords:

Digestive cancer; Young people; Epidemiology

Cite the Article:

Ba PA, Wade TMM, Diao ML, Konaté I. Gastrointestinal Cancer in Young Adults: Report of 77 Cases at Aristide Le Dantec  Teaching Hospital of Dakar, Senegal. Clin Oncol. 2021;6:1782..