Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Descriptive Report on Pattern of Variation in Cancer Cases within Selected Ethnic Groups in Kamrup Urban District of Assam, 2009-2011

  • Sharma, Jagannath Dev (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Kalita, Manoj (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Barbhuiya, Jamil Ahmed (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Lahon, Ranjan (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Sharma, Arpita (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Barman, Debanjana (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Kataki, Amal Chandra (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute) ;
  • Roy, Barsha Deka (Population Based Cancer Registry, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute)
  • Published : 2014.08.15
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Abstract

Background: The global burden of cancer is continuously increasing. According to recent report of the National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) on time trends it is estimated that future burden of cancer cases for India in 2020 will be 1,320,928. It is well known that knowledge of the incidence of cancer is a fundamental requirement of rational planning and monitoring of cancer control programs. It would help health planners to formulate public health policy if relevant ethnic groups were considered. North East-India alone contains over 160 Scheduled Tribes and 400 other sub-tribal communities and groups, whose cancer incidence rates are high compared to mainland India. As since no previous study was done focusing on ethnicity, the present investigation was performed. Materials and Methods: In this paper PBCR-Guwahati data on all cancer registrations from January 2009 to December 2011 for residents of the Kamrup Urban District, comprising an area of 261.8 sq. km with a total population of 900,518, including individual records with information on sex, age, ethnicity and cancer site are provided. Descriptive statistics including age adjusted rates (AARs) were taken as provided by NCRP. For comparison of proportional incidence ratios (PIR) the Student's t test was used, with p<0.05 considered as statistically significant. Results and Conclusions: Differences in leading sites of Kamrup Urban District since from the beginning of the PBCR-Guwahati were revealed among different ethnic groups by this study. The results should help policy makers to formulate different strategies to control the level of burden as well as for treatment planning. This study also suggests that age is an important factor of cancer among different ethnic populations as well as for overall population of Kamrup District of Assam.

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