Pattern of malignancies at Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi

ABSTRACT

This retrospective observational study was carried out from July 2000 to June 2001 to find out the pattern of malignancy at Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi. 733 cases of malignancies were recorded with mate to female ratio of 11.46. Majority of them were in the 5th [23.19%] and 6th [26.96%] decades of life. The commonest malignancy observed among males was Urinary Bladder Tumour [19.12%] and in females Breast Cancer [37.47%]. The ten commonest malignancies among both the sexes were compared with the patterns recorded at different centers in Pakistan. Analysis of the data shows the high prevalence of breast, lung, ovarian, cervical colorectal malignancies and lymphoma in our country. The type of data presented is of limited significance. It is important that these findings are elaborated and confirmed by more detailed studies. In this contest the importance of establishment of a tumor based registry can not be overemphasized