title: Incidence of malignancy in Bankura (a retrospective study).
abstract: A retrospective study on pattern of malignant lesions in a rural district of West Bengal from 1981-1990 was conducted in the department of pathology, BS Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal. A total number of 17,130 cases were received out of which 1976 were malignant lesions (11.53%). The peak incidence of cancer in both sexes was found between the 4th, 5th and 6th decades, ie, 31-60 years of age. Sex-wise distribution showed more incidence in female (1246-62.17%) than in male (730-37.83%). Cancer of the cervix (35.62%) showed the highest incidence in this series. Cancer of the larynx (11.94%) was the commonest cancer in males. Malignancy of the lymph node was observed in 11.43% cases. Malignancy of the lungs and vagina (< 0.5%) showed very low incidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sengupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012423:Rural Health