Open AccessCancer patterns in Nainital and adjoining districts of Uttarakhand: A one year survey
Author(s) -
Arundhati Bag,
Sarita Rawat,
Nirdosh Kumar Pant,
Narayan Singh Jyala,
Abhishek Singh,
Kailash Chandra Pandey
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.101911
Subject(s) - cancer , medicine , epidemiology , larynx , esophagus , breast cancer , cancer registry , epidemiology of cancer , cervical cancer , oncology , surgery
A survey was conducted to determine the cancer profile in Nainital and adjoining districts of Uttarakhand. Epidemiological information was collected from the records of patients with confirmed cancer cases. A total of 354 cases were studied for the year 2010. Lung cancer was found to be leading cancer type (17.23%) overall. Breast cancer was most prevalent in females (22.29%) followed by cervical (14.86%) and ovarian cancers (13.51%). Men were mainly suffering from tobacco- and alcohol-related cancers, e.g., lungs (26.21%), larynx (11.16%), oropharynx (9.7%), oral cavity (6.79%), and esophagus (6.79%). Cancers of unknown primary site (1.41%) were also detected.