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Volume 5 Issue 10 (October, 2017)

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Prevalence of various cancers in a tertiary hospital of North India
Naveen Sharma, Mukul Goyal

Background: Incidences of cancer vary with age, gender, topography and ethnicity, hence it is essential to have knowledge regarding pattern of cancer prevalence at different areas. Objective: To study the prevalence of various cancer at a tertiary care hospital of North India. Materials and methods: In this study, data of cancer patients (both new cases and old cases) were retrospectively collected. In total 700 data was generated which was then evaluated to frame their prevalence pattern. Result: In this study we commonest cancer observed was breast cancer (28.2 %). Gender wise comparison showed that cancer of head and neck (14.5 %) and stomach (17.1%) was highly prevalent in males while in females highly prevalent ones were breast cancer (28.2 %) and cervix cancer (9.7 %). Conclusion: Knowledge of cancer pattern in different areas is useful to implement appropriate and adequate facilities for proper patient care so that disease burden to society can be reduced. Keywords: Cancer, geography, ethnicity, site

 
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