Epidemiological Trends of Cancer Morbidity at a Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India

Sharma, Munesh Kumar; Gour, Neeraj; Pandey, Avadesh; Wallia, Dinesh; Kislay, Dimri

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저자정보: Sharma, Munesh Kumar (Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine & JNM Hospitals) Gour, Neeraj (Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine & JNM Hospitals) Pandey, Avadesh (Department of Radiotherapy, Government Medical College) Wallia, Dinesh (Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College) Kislay, Dimri (Department of Radiotherapy, Government Medical College)

저널정보: 아시아태평양암예방학회 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 제13권 제7호

발행연도: 2012.1

수록면: 3,061 - 3,064 (4page)

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Aim: An epidemiological shift has resulted in increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Unlike other NCDs which are easily and definitely preventable, the knowledge of cancer prevention is still limited at present. Various aetiological factors are difficult to control since those are habit forming. Hence an available remedy remains its secondary and tertiary prevention for which appropriate planning is of paramount importance. Evidence based planning requires careful analysis of data with a view to prioritize various cancers. Keeping in view the fact that the adaptation of smoking free status in Chandigarh city might have a far reaching positive effect on the cancer related morbidity of the people, the following study was undertaken to provide base line data to be used for future comparisons. Methods: The registers maintained in the Department of Radiotherapy were checked and those belonging to the years 1999 to 2009 were utilized to analyze the cancer morbidity in respect to age, sex, and year of presentation to health care facility. Results: A total of 4,600 cancer patients (males=2276, females=2324) demonstrated a gradual increase in the number of cancer cases from 150 in the year 1999 to 783 in the year 2009. The most common cancers amongst males were cancer of gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) and lung (including larynx) constituting 37.3% and 27.1% of the total, respectively. In females these were cancers of breast and cervix representing 33.3% & 17.6% of total cancer cases, respectively, and lung cancer constituted 5.3%. The maximum cases of bone cancer (53.8% of all bone cancers) were observed amongst children aged less than 20 years and lung cancer (48.2% of all lung cancers) among the elderly aged 60-69 years. The.

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