A Systematic Review of the Treatment Outcomes among Prostate Cancer Patients in Africa.
Amsalu DeguAlefe Norahun MekonnenPeter Mbugua NjoguPublished in: Cancer investigation (2022)
Prostate cancer (PCa) is associated with a significant public health burden in Africa. This systematic review aimed to assess treatment outcomes among PCa patients in Africa. A systematic search of the literature was conducted from 1 December 2021 to 31 March 2022 to identify relevant published studies. PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Google Scholar databases were used. Twenty-four studies met the inclusion criteria, and the mean age was 68 years. Localized and locally advanced diseases had relatively higher overall survival than metastatic diseases. In metastatic disease, the mean overall five-year survival was 42% which is shorter than the Asian population (61.9%).
Keyphrases
- prostate cancer
- systematic review
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- squamous cell carcinoma
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- small cell lung cancer
- chronic kidney disease
- locally advanced
- radical prostatectomy
- prognostic factors
- meta analyses
- clinical trial
- risk factors
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- rectal cancer
- lymph node
- smoking cessation
- big data