Open AccessPattern of ear, nose, pharynx, larynx and oesophagus(enplo) cancers in a rural based hospital
Author(s) -
Shailendrasingh Thakur,
V. N. Chaturvedi,
Amandeep Singh,
M. P. Puttewar,
R. M. Raizada
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2231-3796
pISSN - 0973-7707
DOI - 10.1007/bf02991498
Subject(s) - medicine , pharynx , otorhinolaryngology , larynx , head and neck surgery , nose , general surgery , anatomy , surgery
A total of 1527 cases of total body cancer (TBC) presented at M G I M S between 1(st) Jan. 1992 to 30(th) April 1999. ENPLO cancers comprised 656 (42.9%)casees. Ca cervix was the commonest cancer amongst TBC comprising 15.3% cases. Ca oral cavity was the commoncest among ENPLO cancers comprising 24.3% cases followed by Ca oesophagus comprising 19.1% Ca oropharynx comprising 16.9%, Ca hypopharynx comprising 13.4%, Ca larynx comprising 11.3% and Ca Nose and PNS comprising 5.7% cases. ENPLI cancers constiuted the major burden of TBC in our hospital.