Epidemiology of cancers in Lahore, Pakistan, 2010-2012: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the population-level cancer estimates for the Lahore district, which is part of the Punjab Cancer Registry (PCR), Pakistan. The average population per year of Lahore was estimated at 9.8 million in 2010-2012.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

The Registry has 19 collaborating centres in Lahore that report their data to the Central Office located within a tertiary care cancer treatment facility in Lahore, Pakistan.

Participants

Patients belonging to Lahore, of any age-group, and diagnosed with cancer in 2010-2012, were included in the study. They were followed up between July and October 2015 to determine their vital status.

Outcome measures

Summaries were generated for gender, the basis of diagnosis, diagnoses and deaths. The

SUBMITTER: Badar F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4932289 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature