A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PATTERN OF CANCER IN VINDHYA REGION WITH THAT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA.

Dr. Arun Maity; Dr. K.B.Mishra; Dr. Ajit Saluja; Dr. U.R.Singh; Dr. P.K.Pradhan

Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PATTERN OF CANCER IN VINDHYA REGION WITH THAT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA.

Dr. Arun Maity, Dr. K. B. Mishra, Dr. Ajit Saluja, Dr. U. R. Singh, Dr. P. K. Pradhan

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Epidemiology is defined as the study of laws and factors governing the occurrence and distribution of disease and disorder in a population. These factors include the characteristics of the population, the causative agencies and the biological, social and physical environment.Incidence of cases at specific sites may provide clues for the possible etiology by demonstrating trends of increase or decrease over time and contrast between one geographical area and another or difference between section of communities.Government Medical Institutes form a system of the health care facilities which is an easy access to a large proportion of population. Therefore the material received in pathology department of medical institutes can be presumed to be representative of a real incidence. MATERIAL AND METHODS : The present study is based on the histo–pathological reports of malignant tumours, collected from the records of the pathology department over a period of ten years from 1980 to 1989. This institution caters to the needs of the whole of the Vindhya Region and the data thus is fairly representative of the overall incidence of cancer in Vindhya Region. The present study comprises of a retrospective study of malignant tumours reported during the years 1980 to 1989 in the department of pathology, S.S.Medical College, Rewa. The diagnosis of malignant lesions were made on the histopathological grounds. Analysis of the data was done to find out the relative frequency of cancer lesions encountered in respective of age, sex and site of the cancer lesion of the patients. RESULTS: Compå the common sites of cancer among males, in the present series with that of other parts of the country, oral cavity was reported commonest malignancy in Lucknow (Central U.P.), corresponding to the observation made in present series. Cancer of oral cavity figured in the five commonest malignancies reported, from Gorakhpur (Eastern, U.P.), Nagpur, Poona, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, M.P., Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Pondicherry and Orissa. On compå the common sites of cancer prevailing in females in the present series with that of other parts of India, cervix was found to be the leading most site of cancer in Assam, Punjab, Visakhapatnam, Bombay, Poona, Manipur, Aurangabad, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry, Delhi, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Bihar, Amritsar corresponding to present series observations. A high incidence of Penile Cancer was observed in present series which is found near similar to that observed in Pondicherry and Punjab. CONCLUSION:The five common sites of cancer among males observed in the present series are – (1) Oral cavity, (2) Penis, (3) Skin, (4) Prostate, (5) Tongue and the five common sites of cancer among females observed in the present series are – (1) Cervix, (2) Breast, (3) Oral Cavity, (4) Skin, (5) Tongue. The present study is having a kind of similarity with the observations made in other parts of the country