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Cancer in the parsi community of bombay
Author(s) -
Paymaster J. C.,
Gangadharan P.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910050318
Subject(s) - cancer , cervix , tongue , buccal mucosa , ethnic group , medicine , demography , disease , gynecology , pathology , dentistry , sociology , anthropology , oral cavity
A study of the distribution of cancer in the Parsi community has brought to light certain important differences existing between this community and other communities of Western India. Such variations may be due to the habits and customs of the Parsis and perhaps in a small measure to ethnic characteristics. There is a striking preponderance of cancer at certain sites such as the anterior two‐thirds of the tongue, the female breast and the uterus. In contrast, the disease is far less frequent in the buccal mucosa, base of the tongue, cervix and lung than in other communities.