Improving Global Surgical Oncology Benchmarks: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana.
Journal
World journal of surgery
ISSN: 1432-2323
Titre abrégé: World J Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7704052
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2021
09 2021
Historique:
accepted:
31
05
2021
pubmed:
22
6
2021
medline:
17
8
2021
entrez:
21
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) recommended an annual surgical rate at which low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could achieve most of the population-wide benefits of surgery. However, condition-specific guidelines were not proposed. To inform rates of surgery for cancer, we sought to assess the current met and unmet need for oncologic surgery in Ghana. Data on all operations performed in Ghana over a one-year period (2014-15) were obtained from representative samples of 48/124 first-level and 12/16 referral hospitals and scaled-up for nationwide estimates. Procedures for cancer were identified by indication. Using modified LCoGS methodology with disease prevalence, Ghana's annual rate of cancer surgery was compared to that of New Zealand to quantify current unmet needs. 232,776 surgical procedures were performed in Ghana; 2,562 procedures (95%UI 1878-3255) were for cancer. Of these, 964 (37%) were surgical biopsies. The annual rate of procedures treating cancer was 2115 surgeries/100,000 cancer cases, or 21% of the New Zealand benchmark. Cervical, breast, and prostate cancer were found to meet 2.1%, 17.2%, and 32.1% of their respective surgical need. There is a large unmet need for cancer surgery in Ghana. Cancer surgery constitutes under 2% of the total surgeries performed in Ghana, an important proportion of which are used for biopsies. Therapeutic operative rate is deficient across most cancer types, and may lag behind improvements in screening efforts. As cancer prevalence and diagnosis increase in LMICs, cancer-specific surgical capacity must be increased to meet these evolving needs.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) recommended an annual surgical rate at which low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could achieve most of the population-wide benefits of surgery. However, condition-specific guidelines were not proposed. To inform rates of surgery for cancer, we sought to assess the current met and unmet need for oncologic surgery in Ghana.
METHODS
Data on all operations performed in Ghana over a one-year period (2014-15) were obtained from representative samples of 48/124 first-level and 12/16 referral hospitals and scaled-up for nationwide estimates. Procedures for cancer were identified by indication. Using modified LCoGS methodology with disease prevalence, Ghana's annual rate of cancer surgery was compared to that of New Zealand to quantify current unmet needs.
RESULTS
232,776 surgical procedures were performed in Ghana; 2,562 procedures (95%UI 1878-3255) were for cancer. Of these, 964 (37%) were surgical biopsies. The annual rate of procedures treating cancer was 2115 surgeries/100,000 cancer cases, or 21% of the New Zealand benchmark. Cervical, breast, and prostate cancer were found to meet 2.1%, 17.2%, and 32.1% of their respective surgical need.
CONCLUSIONS
There is a large unmet need for cancer surgery in Ghana. Cancer surgery constitutes under 2% of the total surgeries performed in Ghana, an important proportion of which are used for biopsies. Therapeutic operative rate is deficient across most cancer types, and may lag behind improvements in screening efforts. As cancer prevalence and diagnosis increase in LMICs, cancer-specific surgical capacity must be increased to meet these evolving needs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34152449
doi: 10.1007/s00268-021-06197-y
pii: 10.1007/s00268-021-06197-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2661-2669Subventions
Organisme : FIC NIH HHS
ID : D43 TW007267
Pays : United States
Organisme : FIC NIH HHS
ID : R25 TW009345
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2021. Société Internationale de Chirurgie.
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