Quantitative Analyses of Esophageal Cancer Research in Pakistan

Qureshi, Muhammad Asif; Khan, Saeed; Ujjan, Ikram Din; Iqbal, Asif; Khan, Ramsha; Khan, Bilal Ahmed

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저자정보: Qureshi, Muhammad Asif (Department of Molecular Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow Diagnostic Research & Reference Laboratory, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi) Khan, Saeed (Department of Molecular Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow Diagnostic Research & Reference Laboratory, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi) Ujjan, Ikram Din (Department of Pathology, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences) Iqbal, Asif (Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University) Khan, Ramsha (Department of Molecular Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow Diagnostic Research & Reference Laboratory, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi) Khan, Bilal Ahmed (Department of Molecular Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow Diagnostic Research & Reference Laboratory, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi)

저널정보: 아시아태평양암예방학회 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 제17권 제7호

발행연도: 2016.1

수록면: 3,117 - 3,122 (6page)

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Background: Health-care research is a neglected discipline in Pakistan and research related to esophageal cancer (ranks 9th in Pakistani males and 5th in females) is no exception in this regard. Particularly, there are no data available to delineate the overall status of esophageal cancer epidemiological studies in Pakistan. This study describes the first ever effort to make a systematic quantification, in an attempt to provide a road-map to all stakeholders for designing appropriate epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Materials and Methods: International (PubMed, ISI Web of Knowledge) and local (PakMedinet) scientific databases as well as Google search engine were searched using specified keywords to extract relevant publication. Well-defined inclusion criteria were implemented to select publications for final analyses. All data were recorded by at least 3 authors and consensus data were entered into and analyzed for descriptive statistics (such as frequencies, percentages and annual growth rates) using Microsoft Excel and SPSS software. Results: A total of 79 publications fulfilled the inclusion criteria including 20 publications for which full texts were not available. Of the 79 publications, 59 (74.6%) were original/research publications, 5 (6.3%) were case reports, 4 (5.1%) were research communications, 2 (2.5%) were review articles, 1 was (1.2%) correspondence and 8 (10.1%) were undefined categories. Only 13 (<20%) cities of Pakistan contributed towards the 79 publications. On average, only 1.9 relevant publications/year were published from 1976 (year of first publication) to the present. Alarmingly, a decline in the annual growth at -4.1% was recorded in the last six years. Conclusions: Esophageal cancer research is largely unfathomed in Pakistan. Urgent/dramatic steps are required by all concerned to address this common (and under reported) cancer of Pakistan.

#Esophageal cancer #research output #international literature #Pakistan

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Qureshi, Muhammad Asif

소속기관 Department of Molecular Pathology, Dow International Medical College, Dow Diagnostic Research &