Adolescents and young adults: A study of distribution of cancer at ages 15–39 years in a tertiary care hospital from North India: Epidemiological considerations

• DOI: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_263_16
• Publication Date: 2018-01-04T07:36:43Z
• Authors: Neha Kakkar; Ajay Gupta; Neeraj Kumar Sharma; Prachi Agarwal; Jaspreet Kaur
• Keywords: Tertiary care

This study aimed to analyze cancer pattern among adolescents and young adults (AYA) in a tertiary care center North India.A retrospective from January 2011 December 2014 was undertaken on AYA patients (aged 15-39 years).Totally 1077 cases of cancers were identified for analyzing the frequency distribution. The most common head neck (32%) followed by breast (14.2%). distribution observed be varying different age groups with lymphoma, leukemia, bone tumors, sarcomas while carcinomas being more frequent adults.Cancer patterns are distinct terms epidemiology biology.