Pattern of Malignant Tumors among Cancer Patients during the Year 2014 in Minia Governorate, Egypt | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 38, Issue 2, April 2020, Pages 1-6 PDF (555.26 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2020.89884 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Cancer registries are a unique source of information for any cancer control program. These data help in the allocation of financial and manpower resources and facilitate detection of carcinogens and monitoring of environmental carcinogens. Objectives: To describe the pattern of cancer diagnosed in Minia governorate during the year 2014 and the distribution of different types of cancer according to patients’ sociodemographic criteria and to identify the most common risk factors for common cancer types. Method: Hospital based cross sectional study has been carried out in two phases; Phase I: Data of cancer patients diagnosed and recorded during the period from January to December 2014 in Minia University Hospital, Minia Oncology Center and Minia health insurance Hospital were collected. Phase II: A subsample was taken from cancer patients representing nearly 10% of each cancer site of our sample and according to total number of patient records retrieved from each hospital during their follow up visits. Patients were interviewed by a structured questionnaire used for data collection. Results: Liver cancer was the most frequent type of cancer represented (18.1%) of all cancer cases, accounting for (24.6%) in males and (9.1%) in females, while breast cancer was the 2nd most frequent type of cancer by (16%). Conclusion: Results demonstrated that liver cancer was the most frequent type of cancer of all cancer cases, predominantly in males followed by breast cancer which ranked 2nd but occur almost exclusively and most common type in females, with a widespread illiteracy and defective education among cancer patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cancer; Pattern; Sociodemographic; 2014; Minia | ||
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