Cancer patterns in Karachi (all districts), Pakistan: First results (2010-2015) from a Pathology based cancer registry of the largest government-run diagnostic and reference center of Karachi
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- 作者：Muhammad Asif Qureshi ; MBBS ; PhD ; M.Aa ; b ; asif@asifqureshi.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; muquresh@uni-mainz.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author (Postdoc Fellow ; Assistant Professor) ; Talat Mirzab ; Saeed Khanb ; Bushra Sikandarb ; Maria Zahidb ; Marium Aftabc ; Sehrish Mohsinb ; Shaheen Sharafatb ; Lubna Avesib ; Saba Hassanb
- 关键词：Cancer registry ; Cancer patterns ; Karachi ; Pakistan ; Cancer incidence
- 刊名：Cancer Epidemiology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：44
- 期：Complete
- 页码：114-122
- 全文大小：457 K
文摘
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National level population-based cancer data have never been published from Pakistan since independence (1947).
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We report, for the first time, five-year (2010–2015) cancer data representing all districts of Karachi (14.6 million).
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In males, cancer of lip and oral cavity, skin, colorectum are the most common cancers in Karachi.
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In females, cancer of breast, lip and oral cavity and oesophagus are the most common cancers Karachi.
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Alarmingly, ASR of many tobacco-associated cancers in Karachi is the highest compared to any of the Asian populations.