Table 3 Clinical Characteristics of Cervical Cancer Patients Managed at ORCI 2011–2014 from Mwanza and Mbeya
From: Quantifying the under-estimation of cervical Cancer in remote regions of Tanzania
| Â | Mwanza (169) | Mbeya (277) | P* |
|---|---|---|---|
No. (%) | No (%) | ||
Stage | |||
 I | 10 (5.92) | 11 (3.97) | 0.96 |
 II | 77 (45.56) | 149 (53.79) | |
 III | 52 (30.77) | 78 (28.16) | |
 IV | 13 (7.69) | 17 (6.14) | |
Unknown | 17 (10.06) | 22 (7.94) | |
Treatment | |||
 Radiotherapy | 64 (37.87) | 110 (39.71) | 0.21 |
 Radio &Chemotherapy | 72 (42.60) | 130 (46.93) | |
 Palliative | 6 (3.55) | 8 (2.89) | |
 Unknown | 26 (15.38) | 29 (10.47) | |
 Refused treatment | 1 (0.59) | 0 (0.00) | |
Hisopathologic type | |||
 Squamous cell carcinoma | 132 (78.11) | 226 (81.59) | 0.68 |
 Adenocarcinoma | 14 (8.28) | 21 (7.58) | |
 Carcinoma (non-specific) | 2 (1.18) | 3 (1.08) | |
 Clear cell carcinoma | 4 (2.37) | 1 (0.36) | |
 Unknown | 27 (10.06) | 26 (9.39) | |