Open AccessCancer Incidence in 12 Major Hospitals of Nepal
Author(s) -
Kishore Kumar Pradhananga
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of global oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.002
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2378-9506
DOI - 10.1200/jgo.18.97000
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer registry , cancer , lung cancer , cervix , incidence (geometry) , context (archaeology) , breast cancer , population , bronchus , gynecology , lung , respiratory disease , environmental health , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
Background and context: In Nepal, no population based cancer registry program exists to know the incidence, prevalence, morbidity and mortality of cancer. Since 2003 AD we have been conducting hospital based cancer registry program in 7 major hospitals and now we include 12 hospitals in 2014 in the initiation of BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital. Aim: To find out about the burden across a greater proportion of cancer from 12 major hospitals of Nepal. Strategy/Tactics: Coordination with 12 hospitals´ medical record section to abstract the cancer data. The cases were verified by name, age, sex, address, topography and morphology. Repeated cancer cases were excluded from database. Program/Policy process: The total 9036 cancer cases were included in this study to know the cancer incidence in 12 major hospitals in 2014. This was descriptive type of study and all cases were collected from medical record section for data analysis. Outcomes: Among case the mean age of the patients was 53.6 years. The common form of cancer for both sex was bronchus and lung (13.7%) followed by cervix uteri (9.4%) and breast (9.4%). Cancer of the cervix (17.0%) was the top ranking cancer site for female followed by breast (16.4%) and bronchus and lung (10.9%). Similarly, cancer of the bronchus and lung (17.2%) was the commonest cancer for male followed by stomach (7.6%) and larynx (6.2%). Female cases (54.0%) were frequently high than in male (46.0%). What was learned: This type of study shows burden across a greater proportion of cancer from 12 major hospitals, but the coverage may not represent the whole country.