title: Feasibility of undertaking cancer incidence studies in rural areas of India.
abstract: In the rural areas of developing countries, modern medical facilities are well below optimum levels and death registration is not mandatory. In India, as a result of such a situation, very few studies have been undertaken on the incidence of cancer in the rural population, though 80% of the people live in villages. The paper presents cancer incidence rates observed in a rural area of India by means of a method involving the use of paramedical personnel for initial screening, to minimize the cost. A statistical evaluation of the results shows that the method can be used for registering common sites of cancer in an area where conventional cancer registration methods are not applicable.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries; D012424:Rural Population