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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(03): 372-377
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_227_19
Original Article

Sociodemographic Features of Cancer Patients Registered at a Single Rural Cancer Hospital in Western India

Prasad Kashinath Tanawade
Department of Radiation Oncology, Kolhapur Cancer Centre, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
,
Yogesh Shridhar Anap
Department of Radiation Oncology, Kolhapur Cancer Centre, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
,
Reshma Suraj Pawar
Department of Surgical Oncology, Kolhapur Cancer Centre, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
,
Ishwari Jineshwar Kapale
Kolhapur Cancer Centre, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
,
Suraj Bhaskar Pawar
Department of Surgical Oncology, Kolhapur Cancer Centre, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
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Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study was to know the sociodemographic features of cancer patients registered at a rural cancer hospital in Western India. Materials and Methods: The demographic and clinical data were extracted from the medical records of the newly registered patients at the cancer center in the calendar year 2018. Results: Atotal of 2813 new patients were registered who were confirmed to have a malignancy. The median age was 59 years for males and 55 years for females. Mouth, tongue, esophagus, hypopharynx, and lung were the leading five sites in men, whereas breast, cervix, ovary, mouth, and esophagus were the leading five sites in women. The proportion of cancer patients above the age of 65 years at the center was more than the other neighboring hospital-based cancer registries. The proportion of tobacco consumption in female patients was found to be higher.

Keywords

Cancer - demography - hospital-based cancer registry - rural India


Publication History

Received: 08 November 2019

Accepted: 19 May 2020

Article published online:
28 June 2021

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