Pattern of gastrointestinal [GIT] cancer in CENAR, Quetta Balochistan Pakistan: 10 year review [2001-2010]

ABSTRACT

To assess the most common type of GIT tumor, most common site of this tumor, Sex and staging in people of Balochistan including patients from Afghanistan. Retrospective, Analytic study. This study was carried out at the was carried out at the Centre for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy [CENAR], Quetta from January 2001 to December 2010. 8324 cases of different malignancies were seen over the 10 year period with an average of 833 cases/ year. This 10 year review of patients with GIT cancers was carried out at the Centre for Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy [CENAR], Quetta. Information extracted from the cases notes of patients in record i.e. most common type of tumor, most common site of this tumor, sex and staging. The most common type was GIT tumors with a total of 2278 patients. GIT cancer occur among male most commonly, the esophagus being the most commonest site and mostly [more than half] presented cases are in Stage III and Stage IV. This result shows that in Balochistan including adjustant Afghanistan most common type of cancer/malignancy was GI among all malignancies. GI malignancy occurs among male most commonly, the esophagus being the most common site. Mostly [more than half] presented cases are in Stage III and Stage IV cases. Cancer management is a global health problem specially in this part due to lack of awareness, early diagnosis, better treatment system in multidisciplinary team as indicated in this article need of future research in G.I.T and other tumors