Distribution of gynecologic malignancies in an epidemiologic study from southeast of Turkey

Abstract. Retrospective evaluation of 105 patients with gynecologic malignancy. One hundred and five patients with gynecologic malignancies diagnosed at Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of Medical School, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, between 2001 and 2005 were analyzed retrospectively. Gynecologic malignancies were classified. Distribution of 105 patients with gynecologic malignancies were; cervical cancer 19.04 % , endometrial cancer  21.90 %, uterine sarcoma  10.47%, primary ovarian cancer  40.95%, metastatic ovarian cancer 5.71%, carcinoma of the fallopian tubes 0.95%, choriocarcinoma  0.95%.  17 of 20 (85 %) patients with invasive cervical cancer were in stage≤IIa. Endometrioid cancer was the predominant (86.95%) histologic type in 23 patients with endometrial cancer. Leiomyosarcoma  was the most frequent (72.72%) histologic type in 11 patients with uterine sarcoma. 33 of 43 patients (76.74%) with ovarian cancer had epithelial type carcinoma. Six patients had metastatic ovarian cancer and  4 patients (66.66%)  in this group had Krukenberg tumors (signet-ring cells), 1 patient had primary tubal adenocarcinoma and 1 patient had choriocarcinoma. Ovarian cancer was the most frequent gynecologic malignancy in our study. Key words: Gynecologic malignancy, epidemiology