Juniper Publishers | Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health
Squamous Carcinoma of the Vulva in a Developing Community -Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health -Juniper Publishers JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH Squamous Carcinoma of the Vulva in a Developing Community Authored by Wilson IB Onuigbo A recent paper surveyed the management of patients with vulvar cancer. According to the authors, clinical management of these patients implies several challenges because it is a rare disease of elderly women with a median age of 65-70 and an increasing incidence between 1973 and 2000. Therefore, this paper, which deals with patients of the Igbo Ethnic Group in Nigeria, is from 1970 to 2000. Moreover, seeing that a British group considered that establishment of a histopathology data pool helps in epidemiologic analysis, the present analysis is being attempted by the pioneer pathologist of such a data pool established by the Government of the Eastern Region of Nigeria during