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2011, Volume 27, Number 3, Page(s) 230-234
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DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2011.01080 |
Cancer Statistics of Şırnak City |
Korkut BOZKURT1, Sevda SERT BEKTAŞ1, Nurgül DOĞRU2 |
1S.B. Şırnak Devlet Hastanesi, Patoloji Bölümü, ŞIRNAK, TÜRKİYE 2S.B. Cizre Devlet Hastanesi, Patoloji Bölümü, ŞIRNAK, TÜRKİYE |
Keywords:
Cancer, Statistics, Archives, Şırnak, Turkey |
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the cancer incidence
and distribution in the province of Şırnak by examining the two years
data of two pathology laboratories in Şırnak and Cizre State Hospital.
Material and Method: One hundred fifty two cases of cancer
diagnosed between January 2009 and December 2010 were reviewed
retrospectively from the archive. Types of cancer, age and gender
profile of the patients with the pathology reports were obtained.
Results: Sixty-two patients (40.78%) were male and 90 (59.22%)
were female. The male to female ratio was 0.68. The youngest patient
was 14, the oldest patient was 96 years old, and the mean age was
54.81. Fifty-nine patients (38.81%) were under the age of 50 and
93 (61.19%) were aged 50 and over. In order of frequency, the most
common cancer was skin cancer (43.42%), followed by thyroid cancer
(14.47%), colorectal cancers (9.86%), breast cancer (21.9%), gastric
cancer (5.26%), esophageal cancer (3.28%), soft tissue, bladder and
appendix cancers (1.97%), lung and cervical cancers (31.1%) and
nasal cavity, gall bladder, testicular, liver, ovary, endometrium,
prostate, kidney and lymph node cancer (0.65%). The five most
common cancers were skin, colorectal, stomach, thyroid, esophagus
cancer in men and skin, thyroid, breast, colorectal, esophagus cancer
in women. Basal cell carcinoma was the most common skin cancer.
Conclusion: Skin cancers and thyroid and colorectal cancers are
common in our region. Skin cancers are the most common cancers
in both genders.
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