Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Abstract
Gynaecological malignancies are among the most common cancers in women. Cancers of the female reproductive system are important causes of significant morbidity and mortality among women worldwide. NCRP 2020 reports cervical cancer as the second highest cancer among females in Manipur after breast cancer. A hospital‐based cross‐sectional retrospective study was conducted for 2 years in the Department of Radiation Oncology, JNIMS and all the clinical records of gynaecological patients were reviewed for demographic, clinicopathological, stage and its treatment pattern. Out of 130 cases reviewed, cervical malignancy (43.9%) was highest most common age group was between 51‐60 years, majority of the cases were from rural areas (68.5%) and the bleeding per vagina was the commonest presenting symptom and the maximum patient presented in locally advance stage. Patients were managed according to the stages with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or combination therapy. Gynaecological malignancy remains an important public health issue in the developing countries which could be due to lack of cancer awareness and proper screening facilities in the community and also unknown epidemiology and variable pathology. Gynaecological malignancies, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, GTN (Gestational trophoblastic neoplasm), vulval cancer, synchronous gynaecological malignancie.
How to cite this article:
Laishram Purnima Devi, Adhikarimayum Ambika Devi, Ram Kamei, Thangjam Nirpendra and Helen Kamei. Patterns of Gynaecological Malignancies in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North East India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.12.171.174
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