Cancer in Geriatric patients: A single center observational study
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
This hospital based observational, analytic study was conducted at a tertiary care cancer center in Western India during November 2015 to April 2016, after obtaining due permission from appropriate authority. Patients above 60 years of age who had histologically proven cancers (both newly diagnosed and previously diagnosed) and visited cancer OPD were included in this study. Total 1800 patients attended cancer OPD during the study period, out of them 489 patient were >60 years old (age range 61-91 years). The male: female ratio was 5:3. Ca lung was the most prevalent malignancy in our study population with prevalence of 30.9% (151/489). Ca breast and ca ovary were next common malignancy with prevalence of 9.4% (46/489) each. Ca gall bladder, ca oral cavity and ca colon were 7%, 5.5% and 3.5 prevalent respectively. In male cancer patients, Ca lung was the most prevalent (41.3%) and Ca oral cavity (7.4%) was second most common malignancy. Ca gall bladder was third common malignancy with prevalence of 6.8 %. In female cancer patients, Ca breast was the most frequent malignancy with prevalence of 25.2% (45 /179). Ca ovary was the second prevalent malignancy (prevalence 24%) and Ca lung was the third common (12.8%). Keywords: Geriatric population, Cancer, Western India
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Laxmi Kant Goyal, Dr. Sandeeep K Jasuja, Hardayal Meena, Dr Leenu Hooda, Dr. I Hasan, Dr. Dinesh Agrawal
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