Monday, May 18, 2020

Prevalence And Types Of Cancer Among Urban Rural Populations

Objective: To determine the prevalence and types of cancer among urban-rural populations and their relation to socioeconomic status. Methodology: A cross sectional study carried out in three hospitals in Punjab named Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Nishtar hospital and civil hospital in Multan, Pakistan. All the new cases of cancers (all known types of cancer) were recorded during the months of August 2013 through February 2014. Details of age, sex, socioeconomic status, address whether rural or urban, stage, type of cancer and hemoglobin levels at the time of presentation were recorded after taking the verbal consent from the patients and the attendees. For data analysis, Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS v. 21) software was used.†¦show more content†¦Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with 40 cases (13.1%) out of which 26 (65%) were poor and 14 (35%) were rich, 21 (52.5%) were rural patients and 19 (47.5%) urban. Squamous cell carcinoma with 29 cases (9.5%): 23 (79.3%) were poor and 6 (20.7%) were rich, 22 (75.86%) were rural patients and 7 (24.16%) urban. Carcinoma of cervix with 22 cases (7.2%); 16 (72.72%) were poor and 6 (27.3%) were rich, 13 (59.1%) patients were from rural areas 9 (40.9%) were from urban areas. Several other rare carcinomas resembling Wilms tumor, with as few cases as 1 case in the time period of 6 months are also discussed. Conclusion: The study shows that in general, cancer is extra prevalent in poor socioeconomic status, population and those patients that live in rural areas. Further study should be carried out to observe the effects of other variables reminiscent of screening, knowledge to pursue medical attention, the time to search for medical attention, implementation of preventive methods, environmental factors should be taken into account and the geographical area should be increased so that the study can be carried on a larger scale. INTRODUCTION: Cancers of multiple types remain one of the foremost challenging and significant obstacles faced by health providers with numbers rising to an epidemic in recent years. It is a leading cause of death worldwide. In 2007 it accounted for approximately 8 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths); and exceeding 70% of these

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