Cancers in Eastern Libya: First results from Benghazi Medical Center

Table 1 The distribution of cancer patients by site and the average age of presentation n (%)

Type	n (%)	Age
		Minimum	Maximum	mean ± SD
Bladder	20 (2.2)	38	78	62.2 ± 11.5
Bone Tumour	7 (0.9)	17	74	48.1 ± 26.2
Brain	23 (2.5)	15	81	47.5 ± 17.1
Breast	214 (23.7)	23	87	51.3 ± 12.7
Cervix	13 (1.5)	43	81	57.5 ± 11.8
Colon	170 (19.0)	21	89	58.7 ± 13.4
CUP	18 (2.1)	36	87	61.2 ± 16.5
Esophagus	4 (0.4)	45	86	59.0 ± 18.7
Gallbladder	13 (1.5)	36	77	60.5 ± 12.5
Kidney	21 (2.4)	34	82	61.4 ± 13.2
Larynx	14 (1.6)	26	89	67.6 ± 15.4
Liver	22 (2.4)	48	84	66.7 ± 9.7
Lung	93 (10.3)	27	85	62.4 ± 11.9
Misc.	13 (1.4)	25	82	54.5 ± 21.2
Nasopharyngeal	16 (1.7)	20	64	46.3 ± 10.4
Ovary	26 (3.1)	32	86	54.7 ± 13.6
Pancreas	33 (3.6)	29	83	61.4 ± 13.4
Prostate	65 (7.1)	50	91	72.9 ± 9.0
Salivary	4 (0.4)	39	74	55.3 ± 14.9
Skin	10 (1.1)	29	92	63.0 ± 18.0
Soft Tissue	28 (3.2)	14	84	45.1 ± 20.9
Stomach	22 (2.7)	34	82	57.6 ± 13.0
Thyroid	7 (0.8)	34	71	50.1 ± 12.7
Uterus	39 (4.5)	20	80	56.8 ± 13.8
Overall	895 (100.0)	14	92	57.6 ± 15.0