Proportion of thyroid cancer and other cancers in the democratic republic of Congo

Table 1 Cancer distribution by affected organs and gender

	All, n = 6106	Females, n = 4169 (68.3%)	Males, n = 1937 (31.7%)
Breast	1631 (26.7)	1560 (37.4)	71 (3.7)
Cervix	1138 (18.6)	1138 (27.3)	-
Prostate	678 (11.1)	-	678 (35)
Skin	356 (5.8)	186 (4.5)	170 (8.8)
Blood and LO	206 (3.4)	95 (2.3)	111 (5.7)
Uterus	196 (3.2)	196 (4.7)	-
Colon	173 (2.8)	92 (2.2)	81 (4.2)
Lungs	161 (2.6)	60 (1.4)	101 (5.2)
Stomach	112 (1.8)	45 (1.1)	67 (3.5)
Bone	110 (1.8)	58 (1.4)	52 (2.7)
Thyroid	106 (1.7)	84 (2)	22 (1.1)
Anus/rectum	97 (1.6)	51 (1.2)	46 (2.4)
KS	87 (1.4)	22 (0.5)	65 (3.4)
Soft tissue	87 (1.4)	52 (1.2)	35 (1.8)
Eye	77 (1.3)	35 (0.8)	42 (2.2)
Ovary	77 (1.3)	77 (1.8)	-
Mouth	76 (1.2)	44 (1.1)	32 (1.7)
Vagina	75 (1.2)	75 (1.8)	-
Urinary bladder	73 (1.2)	32 (0.8)	41 (2.1)
Larynx	65 (1.1)	11 (0.3)	54 (2.8)
Nose	62 (1.0)	28 (0.7)	34 (1.8)
Peritoneum	51 (0.8)	24 (0.6)	27 (1.4)
Liver	49 (0.8)	24 (0.6)	25 (1.3)
Kidneys	41 (0.7)	21 (0.5)	20 (1)
Vulva	41 (0.7)	41 (1)	-
Ureter	33 (0.5)	14 (0.3)	19 (1)
Pharynx/nasopharynx	33 (0.5)	19 (0.4)	14 (0.7)
Intestines	29 (0.5)	16 (0.4)	13 (0.7)
Pancreas	29 (0.5)	13 (0.3)	16 (0.8)
Greater omentum	22 (0.4)	15 (0.4)	7 (0.4)
Esophagus	21 (0.3)	8 (0.2)	13 (0.7)
Penis	20 (0.3)	-	20 (1)
Testicles	20 (0.3)	-	20 (1)
Tonsils	13 (0.2)	5 (0.1)	8 (0.4)
Brain	10 (0.2)	6 (0.1)	4 (0.2)
Coecum	10 (0.2)	4 (0.1)	6 (0.3)
Vocal cords	8 (0.1)	1 (0.0)	7 (0.4)
Ears	7 (0.1)	5 (0.1)	2 (0.1)
Parotid glands	7 (0.1)	2 (0.0)	5 (0.3)
Duodenum	6 (0.1)	2 (0.0)	4 (0.2)
Palate	4 (0.1)	4 (0.1)	0 (0.0)
Forehead	2 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.1)
Glottis	2 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.1)
Trachea	2 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	1 (0.1)
Sweat glands	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Maxillary	1 (0.0)	1 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Spleen	1 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.1)

LO: Lymphoid organ; KS: Kaposi Sarcoma.