title: Cancer registration in Madras Metropolitan Tumour Registry, India.
abstract: The Madras Metropolitan Tumour Registry (MMTR) was established at the Cancer Institute (WIA), Madras, in 1981-1982. Cancer is not a notifiable disease in India, and hence registration per force has to be active. The MMTR covers a population of 3.8 million. Mortality statistics are obtained from the Department of Vital Statistics, death registers in hospitals and by active follow-up of registered cases. A total of 28,980 (13,012 males, 15,968 females) cases were registered during 1982-1991. The average annual world-standardised age-adjusted rates (AAR) per 100,000 are 104.2 in males and 129.0 in females. The lifetime cumulative risk (0-74 years) of cancer in Madras is one in eight. Stomach (AAR:15.2) is the leading site of malignancy among males, followed by cancers of the lung (AAR:9.8) and oral cavity (AAR:9.4). Among females, cancer of the cervix (AAR:44.0) is the commonest, followed by breast (AAR:21.7) and oral cavity cancers (AAR:9.8).
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Division, Cancer Institute WIA, Madras, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shanta
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Gajalakshmi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vasanthi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014504:Urban Health