Clinico- Demographic Profile of Hemato-Oncology Patients visiting a tertiary cancer centre in North- East India

Dr Bhargab Jyoti Saikia; Dr Satya Sadhan Sarangi; Dr Munlima Hazarika; Dr Partha S Roy; Dr Nizara Baishya

Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

Clinico- Demographic Profile of Hemato-Oncology Patients visiting a tertiary cancer centre in North- East India

Dr Bhargab Jyoti Saikia, Dr Satya Sadhan Sarangi, Dr Munlima Hazarika, Dr Partha S Roy, Dr Nizara Baishya

Abstract :

Background: The pattern and profile of diagnosed hemato–oncological (HO) cancers patients are necessary to understand in order to develop better management strategies. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of patients diagnosed with Hematological malignancies between January 2010 and December 2017 visiting Dr B. Borooah cancer institute, Assam The FAB (French–American–British) classification system has been taken into account in the analysis of myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms. Results: In this study, there were 2598 cases of HO cases registered at BBCI over 8 years with a Male: Female ratio of 2.06:1. Out of these, only 1252 cases were treated. The most common diagnosis was Non Hodgkin lymphoma. Dropout rate was minimum in 2011 and maximum in 2017. Of the treated cases, 45 % of population were alive whereas one fourth of the cases were dead. Conclusions: The dropout rate of cases are high, which remains a concern and merits effective management plan.