ABSTRACT
Purpose/Background: the majority of cancers affect older persons because aging is a high risk factor for this disease. Gastrointestinal tract malignancies are also considered disease that affects older patients, with a peak incidence in the sixth and seventh decades. Close to 60% of all newly diagnosed malignant tumors and 71% of all cancer deaths occur in persons in this age group according to the NCI surveillance, epidemiology and end results [SEER] program data. Aging population is more vulnerable to develop cancer caused by a lifetime exposure to carcinogen such as pollution, radiation, tobacco and harmful sunrays etc
Objective: the objective of this research was to study the gastrointestinal tract [GIT] malignancies in different age groups in our set up
Design: retrospective study
Duration: from January 2001 to December 2010
Method: this 10 year review of patients with GIT cancers in different age groups was carried out at the Centre for Nuclear medicine and Radiotherapy [CENAR], Quetta south western region of Pakistan. Information extracted from the files of patients in record
Results: out of 2269 patients, the most common age group was above 60 year with a total of 752[33%] patients. Among1178 patients of carcinoma [Ca] esophagus, 30% belong to above 60year age group, Whereas above 60 year age group is commonest age group for CaColorectum, Stomach, Liver, Gall bladder, Pancreas, Small intestine and Anal canal accounting for 35%, 37%, 40%, 37%, 36%, 40% and 33% respectively
Conclusion: malignancy is associated with old age. Various GIT malignancies studied in our study showed that above 60 year age group being commonest
ABSTRACT
Background / Purpose: The study was conducted to evaluate the Breast cancer patients with metastasis to different body regions
Aims and Objectives: The primary aim was to highlight the most common site of metastasis and different Sonographic patterns in breast cancer patients at CENAR, Quetta. The secondary aim was to determine the average age of breast carcinoma [Ca] presentation
Material and Methods: A two year retrospective study of breast carcinoma diagnosed and treated at our centre was conducted. 278 patients pathologically proven invasive carcinoma breast were registered at CENAR from 1st January 2010 to December 2011 were analyzed
Results: During the study period, 278 patients were registered as Ca breast patients out of which 109 [39%] patients developed metastasis during or after treatment or initially at registration, majority of the patients were with liver metastasis 46 [42%]patients and most common Sonographic pattern was hypo echoic with 26[57%] patients. Most common age group was 25-40 years with 125[45%] patients, followed by 41-55 years with 97[35%] patients