Abstract

Background and objective: Nowadays more people suffering from cancer and also the incidence of cancer was increasing. The treatment of cancer was very expensive it will affect their family and also the nation. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the proportion of malignant neoplasm among the neoplasm cases and to find the different types of malignant neoplasm and also find case fatality rate due to neoplasm during the period from 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2010 in a teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in a teaching hospital among patients admitted with neoplasm. Data were collected from the medical records department which follows the guidelines of International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 coding. Results: Out of 2376 neoplasm cases, 1003(42.21%) were males and 1373 (57.79%) were females. Neoplasm cases were more in the age group of 36-50 years. Of the neoplasm cases, 1086(45.7%) were malignant cases. Lung cancer was more predominant in males 67(6.68%) than females 9(0.66%).Case fatality of neoplasm was 117 (4.92%). It was more in males 82(8.18%) than females 35 (2.55%). Case fatality was more in the age group of above 50 years compared to the age group 36-50 years. Conclusion: The study showed that most of malignant neoplasm was occurred in the digestive organs. And most of the deaths occurred due to malignant neoplasm of digestive organs. Most of the cancers should be curable at the earliest stages. Early detection camps will be helped for early detection.

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