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. 2012 Jul;3(2):186-8.
doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.101911.

Cancer patterns in Nainital and adjoining districts of Uttarakhand: A one year survey

Arundhati Bag  1 , Sarita Rawat, Nirdosh Kumar Pant, Narayan Singh Jyala, Abhishek Singh, Kailash Chandra Pandey
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Cancer patterns in Nainital and adjoining districts of Uttarakhand: A one year survey

Arundhati Bag et al. J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

A survey was conducted to determine the cancer profile in Nainital and adjoining districts of Uttarakhand. Epidemiological information was collected from the records of patients with confirmed cancer cases. A total of 354 cases were studied for the year 2010. Lung cancer was found to be leading cancer type (17.23%) overall. Breast cancer was most prevalent in females (22.29%) followed by cervical (14.86%) and ovarian cancers (13.51%). Men were mainly suffering from tobacco- and alcohol-related cancers, e.g., lungs (26.21%), larynx (11.16%), oropharynx (9.7%), oral cavity (6.79%), and esophagus (6.79%). Cancers of unknown primary site (1.41%) were also detected.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Kumaun region; alcohol; lung cancer; tobacco.

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