Open AccessPATTERN OF CANCER
Author(s) -
Khurum Saleem,
Hafiz Sohail Ahmed,
Javaid Iqbal,
Muhammad Ehsan,
Khurram Saqib
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.01.2984
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cancer , pediatrics , oncology
Objective: To detect the types of cancer. Design: Retrospective cross sectional survey. Settings: Department of ClinicalOncology (Liaqat Ward) Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Period: From January, 1s t 2005 to December, 31s t 2005. Materials and Methods: Thedata was obtained from the hospital record and then was tabulated with respect of age, sex, and the type of cancer. This survey includesthe patients who presented in the department of oncology with one type of cancer or other. Results: A total of 1087 patients met inclusioncriteria for this survey. There were 526(48.2419%) male and 557(51.2419%) female patients, And 594 (54.65%) Urban and 493 (45.35%)Rural patients. Out of the total 1087 patients, 201 patients (18.4219%) presented with breast cancer, 60 patients (5.579%) presented withsquamous cell carcinoma of the face and 58 patients (5.335%) were found to be suffering from brain tumor.