Volume : 6, Issue : 7, July - 2017

PREVALANCE RATE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER IN THE HOSPITALS OF MYSORE CITY

Syeda Saadain, Padmanabha. B

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Objective:</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> to study the incidence rate of different types of cancers in hospitals of Mysore city</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Materials and methods</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">: the data related to cancerous patients collected from four different hospitals in the Mysore city during 2015 and 2016, the collected data subjected to statistical analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Results:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> indicated more number of female cancerous patients than males during 2015 and 2016, female patients are more susceptible to cancer in the age group 51-60 whereas males are more prone to cancer in the age group 61-70. Among females east cancer is most frequently occurred followed by cervical cancer, ovarian cancer etc. in males lung cancer is more prevalent followed by esophageal cancer , stomach cancer etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> the number of cancer patients decreased from 2015 to 2016 due to awareness programs, improved medical facilities etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>