A STUDY OF PREVALENCE OF CANCER IN VINDHYA REGION.

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

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

A STUDY OF PREVALENCE OF CANCER IN VINDHYA REGION.

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

Abstract :

Introduction:Cancer is a global problem and is the dreaded disease throughout the world. In the west, cancer is the leading cause of mortality after cardio-vascular diseases, with one out of every five deaths due to cancer. In India, it has become one of the ten top killers of the adult population. Due to its high mortality and morbidity rates, it is not wrong to call present era as the era of cancer. It has become a global problem which is affecting the people and causing death throughout the world. Material and Methods : The present study is a retrospective and prospective study 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. As incidence of leukemia is very less in Vindhya Region, hence leukemia has not been included in the present study. Statistical 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. Result : Comp� 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 Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, M.P., Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Andra Pradesh , Tamil Nadu, Goa, Pondicherry and Orissa.On comp� 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, Pune, Manipur, 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.Various factors as tobacco chewing and smoking habits, deficient diet, poor oral hygiene, low socio-economic conditions, and easy accessibility of the oral cavity lesions may be the factor for higher frequency of cancer cases in the present series study.Easy accessibility of cervix lesions, multiparty and poor marital hygiene, due to low socio-economic condition (as revealed by personal history of the patients recorded in the prospective study) were few of the risk factors prevalent in the female population in Vindhya region, which may be attributed to the high frequency of the cervix cancer.