Changing trends in clinico-epidemiological profile of lung cancer in patients of South India

Abstract

Background: Lung cancer remains the commonest cancer among males worldwide. In India, lung cancer constitutes 9.3% of all cancers. Lung cancer incidence and mortality is rising in females and declining in males in developed nations.Objective:  To understand the changing trends in clinico-epidemiological profile of lung cancer in patients of South India. Method: The study includes 82 patients diagnosed with a cytological or histological confirmation of lung cancer at the Department of Respiratory Medicine AarupadaiVeeduMedical College Pondicherry/Dr.SMCSI Medical College Karakonam, India over a period of 3 years from 10-2016 to 10-2019. Data was entered in MS Excel spread sheet. Data analysis was done using SPSS. Results: Cough was the most common symptom among the study population. Among the study population, the maximum frequency (n=17%) of ECOG PS 4 of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) score. CA right lung was the maximum observation diagnosed among the study population. Post-Histopathological Examination, adenocarcinoma was the maximum observation recorded among the study population. Conclusion: There has been no improvement in lung cancer epidemiology. Non-smokers have adenocarcinoma more frequently than the smokers.