Socio-demographic characteristics of cancer patients: Hospital based cancer registry in a tertiary care hospital of India

Munish Ashat, S.K. Puri, Avdesh K Pandey, NK Goel, Abhishek Singh, Vikrant Kaushal

Indian Journal of Cancer · 2014 · 31 citations · 12 references

Abstract

A total of 684 patients participated in the study. More than 40% of males and 53.7% of females were illiterate, P < 0.05. The majority (33.5%) of participants were of low socioeconomic status. The most frequently reported cancer (ca) in males it was ca lung (40.9) and ca oesophagus (9.8). In females most common cancer were ca breast (23.9) followed by ca cervix (11.7).

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