Study of Incidence and Pattern of Cancer among Biopsy Specimens in a Rural Teaching Hospital, Tamilnadu, India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Objective: To study the incidence and pattern of cancer in a rural teaching hospital. Methods: All the diagnosed cancer cases from Department of Pathology, Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, for a period of one year, from January 2016 to December 2016 were taken for the study which is for one year period. The cancers were classified according to the organs affected and ranked in their order of frequency. Male cancers accounted for 51.51% while female cancers were for 48.49%. Following the analysis, gastrointestinal tract cancers topped the chart with 44 patients (26.67%) followed by head &neck malignancies in 32 (19.39%) patients, breast cancersin 24 patients (30%) and gynecological malignancies in 19 patients (23.75%). Conclusion: Dietary habits, tobacco and alcohol related cancers predominated in males. In females, breast cancers predominated followed by Gynecological malignancies that included cervical and endometrial cancers.
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Dr KR. Gopalakrishnan
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