Thirty Years Cancer Incidence Data for Lahore, Pakistan: Trends and Patterns 1984-2014

Document Type : Research Articles

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1 Cancer Incidence Statistical Analysis Group, Department of Physics, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan.

2 Cancer Prevention and Control Research Group, Department of Medical Physics, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Lahore, Pakistan.

3 Mining Data for Productive Decision Making Group, Department of Computer Science, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.

4 Radiation Therapy Research Group, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Lahore, Pakistan.

5 Member Clinical Oncology Research Group, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Lahore, Pakistan.

6 Incharge Clinical Oncology Research Group, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Lahore, Pakistan.

7 Director Regional PAEC Cancer Prevention and Control Research Group, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Lahore, Pakistan.

Abstract

This research was conducted to generate trends and patterns of most common male and female cancers from
1984-2014 for the city population of Lahore Pakistan. Cancer incidence data gathered for different organs were
processed through cleaning, integration, transformation, reduction and mining for ultimate representation. Risk of
cancer appeared to be continuously increasing among both males and females. Overall, lymphomas and breast cancer
are the most common neoplasm in males and females, respectively, in Lahore with almost the highest rates in the Asian
Pacific region. The incidence of head and neck, brain, and lung cancers, as well as leukemia have rapidly increased
among males, whereas, ovarian, cervix, head and neck and lymphomas have become more common among females.
The present communication should be helpful for adequate strategic planning, identification of risk factors and taking
appropriate prevention and control measures at the national level.

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 19, Issue 3
March 2018
Pages 709-717

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History

  • Receive Date: 17 July 2017
  • Revise Date: 16 September 2017
  • Accept Date: 06 January 2018

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