Gupta Novak, Chitalkar Prakash, Mishra Renu, Punia Ankur
Department of Medical Oncology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and P. G. Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
South Asian J Cancer. 2017 Oct-Dec;6(4):183-185. doi: 10.4103/sajc.sajc_132_17.
Cancers in teenage and young adults (TYAs), though an increasing cause of mortality in our country, have been scarcely studied. The lack of studies of TYAs can significantly affect the outcomes of the youth in the prime of their lives.
The aim of this study was to study the type of cancers in the TYA at a rural cancer center in central India.
A prospective study in the department of medical oncology, from the period of January 2013 till March 2016, was done. Data regarding socioepidemiological factors were collected for new cancer patients between the age group of 15-30 years in semi-structured questionnaire and from the hospital records. Cancers were classified according to the Birch classification. The cases were analyzed according to the epidemiological profile, classification of cancer, and age-wise distribution using descriptive analysis.
In this study, out of 5221 cancer patients, TYAs accounted for 327 (6.26%) with 189 males and 138 females (M: F- 1.37:1). The maximum cases were seen in 25-30 years' age group. Carcinoma was the most common malignancy (54.74%) with an increase from 19.56% in the 15-19 years' age group to 64.82% in the 25-30-year-old patients.
The present study gives a glimpse of the TYA cancers in the central India. More than half of the young cancer patients suffer from carcinomas with about half of these being head and neck cancers.
青少年及青年成人（TYA）癌症在我国虽已成为日益重要的死亡原因，但相关研究却极为匮乏。缺乏对TYA癌症的研究可能会严重影响处于生命黄金期的年轻人的预后。
本研究旨在探究印度中部一家农村癌症中心TYA患者所患癌症的类型。
于2013年1月至2016年3月在肿瘤内科开展了一项前瞻性研究。通过半结构化问卷及医院记录，收集了年龄在15至30岁之间的新癌症患者的社会流行病学因素数据。癌症根据伯奇分类法进行分类。采用描述性分析，依据流行病学特征、癌症分类及年龄分布对病例进行分析。
本研究中，在5221例癌症患者中，TYA患者有327例（6.26%），其中男性189例，女性138例（男∶女 = 1.37∶1）。最多病例出现在25至30岁年龄组。癌是最常见的恶性肿瘤（54.74%），在15至19岁年龄组中占19.56%，而在25至30岁患者中增至64.82%。
本研究让我们初步了解了印度中部TYA患者所患癌症的情况。超过半数的年轻癌症患者患有癌，其中约一半为头颈癌。
