Epidemiological and Histological Aspects of Women Genital Cancers in

Genital cancers in women play an important role in cancer pathology in the developing countries. Objectives: This study aimed at clarifying the epidemiological and histopathological aspects of woman genital cancers in Côte d’Ivoire. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective and de-scriptive study conducted in the anatomical pathology laboratories of the university hospitals in Abidjan. The study was carried out over a period of twenty-four years (1984-2007). The variables studied were: frequency, age, histological type and prognosis. Results: Genital cancers in women accounted for 41.28 % (n = 2491) of cancer in women and 21 % of cancers. The average age of pa-tients was 46.65 years (range 2- 88 years). The cervix (82.85%) was the main location followed by the ovary (8.6%). Histologically, carcinomas (92.93%) were the most common types of sarcomas