International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | 2019
Prevalence of cancer among the urban and rural community of Surendranagar district, Gujarat
Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are biggest killers in the world which include cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. Cancer is among the most common causes of mortality in developing countries. At present, various types of noncommunicable diseases are also known as modern day epidemics. Among these modern epidemics, cancer is the second most common cause of mortality in developed countries. Cancer is defined as abnormal growth of cell. It can affect any tissue or organ of body. Cancer is not only one, but many diseases. There are over 100 different known cancers that affect humans. Developed and developing countries shares the unequal burden of cancer. Each particular type of cancer exhibits different patterns of distribution. Male predominance of lung cancer is the most observable feature of the distribution of cancers between the sexes. Among men, the five most common sites of cancers diagnosed were lung, Prostate, colorectal, stomach and liver respectively. Most common cancer site among female was breast followed by colorectal, cervix, uteri, lung and stomach. ABSTRACT