Prostate Cancer in North of Benin: Epidemiological, Diagnostic Aspects and Difficulties of Management

Abstract

Background: In low incomes country, management and follow up of prostate cancer were hard due to difficult to earn drug and difficult access of new test imaging. We explore the epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of prostate cancer at regional university hospital of Parakou from 1st January 2017 to 1st January 2019. Objective: To study diagnostic and clinical aspects of prostate cancer at regional university hospital of Parakou. Methodology: This study was descriptive with prospective data collection (1st January 2017 to 1st January 2019). Patients who were admitted to the department were included. Demographic, clinical and anatomopathological variables were studied. Result: Eighty-one patients were included; the hospital prevalence is 1.6%. The mean year old of patients was sixty-nine years old ± 10 years old (farthest 45 years old and 95 years old). More than half patients were seventy years old. The medical past history of family cancer were found in 6.1% of cases. The complaints were voiding difficult in 54.3% of cases, urinary frequency in 46.9% of cases, complete urine retention in 28.4% of cases and bones pain in 14.8% of cases. The average time of consultation was 24.3 months (farthest 2 months and 48 months). The mean of prostate specific antigen (PSA) was 93.1 ng/ml (farthest 4 ng/ml and 1000 ng/ml). Adenocarcinoma was found in 84.1% of cases. Classic X-ray imaging was used in most cases to detect metastasis. Five patients had done thoracic-abdominal-pelvis tomography. Sixty-six patients (81.5% of cases) were prostate cancer metastasis. Conclusion: Prostate cancer was frequently disease in seventy years old patients. Diagnostic was late in this study. Awareness campaign of patients for early consult was recommended.