Abdul Matin Qaisar, Hussain Farooq, Shamayal Mandokhel.
Prevalence of Various Types of Cancers in Industrial Population.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;7(1):120-2.

Objective: Identification of different types of cancers in industrial workers who are exposed to industrial chemicals and carcinogens. Methods: This study was conducted on 100 confirmed cases of cancer at Social Security Hospital, Multan Road Lahore and Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore from January 2011 June 2011. The patients were admitted in cancer ward and belong to industrial workers. The patients aged from 20-60 and both male and females were included. The biopsies of cancerous tissue or piece of suspected growth were received after a surgical procedure. The size of various samples ranged from 10-25 cm in size and kept in 10% formalin for 2 hours for fixation. Results: There were 65 males and 35 females with male to female ratio was 1.8:1. Age range of these patients was 17 to 65 years with mean age 41.0±11.7 years. Among lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma was more than Hodgkin lymphoma (out of 19 patients, 13 had non-Hodgkin and 6 had Hodgkin lymphoma). Out of 14 patients of sarcomas, 5 had Ewing sarcoma, 4 had chondrosarcoma, 3 had fibrosarcoma and 2 had liposarcoma. Conclusion: The contributing factors such as genetic causes, viral infections (hepatitis B, C and AIDS), smoking, drug addiction, environmental pollution and low level of awareness also play important in etiology of cancer.

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