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Familial Clustering Of Cancer In Two Tertiary Care Hospitals In Nairobi, Kenya, G. W. Kiarie, N. O. Abinya, M. D. Joshi, G. N. Lule, G. Z. Mutuma
Familial Clustering Of Cancer In Two Tertiary Care Hospitals In Nairobi, Kenya, G. W. Kiarie, N. O. Abinya, M. D. Joshi, G. N. Lule, G. Z. Mutuma
Internal Medicine, East Africa
Objective: To describe the occurrence of cancers in families of individuals diagnosed cancer.
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting: Outpatient cancer clinics at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and Radiotherapy Clinic at Nairobi Hospital.
Subjects: Patients with a tissue histological or cytological diagnosis of cancer.
Main outcome measures: A reported family history of cancer.
Results: A total number of 485 cancer patients were recruited, 382, from KNH and 103 from Nairobi Hospital. These index cases had 45 different types of cancer, with the most common being breast and uterine-cervical malignancies. Prevalence of family history of cancer was found to be 18.8% and …