Majeed Farhan Ahmed, Azeem Abdul Rehman, Farhan Nabeela
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Microbiology Division, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan.
House Officer, CMH Lahore.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2019 Mar;69(3):405-408.
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in males and second most common in females after breast cancer. We have compared our data with the international statistics to see where do we stand. In Pakistan, we do not have a valid central cancer registry at present which can provide a true picture of lung cancer. Therefore, we used statistics of GLOBOCON 2012, in order to evaluate the true burden of lung cancer in our population through the recently established data by PHRC (Pakistan Health and Research council). Our analysis showed that data depicting true incidence and mortality of lung cancer in Pakistan are lacking. GLOBOCON 2012 placed lung cancer as the 3rd most common cancer in Pakistan while PHRC 2016 placed it as the 10th most common cancer irrespective of the rise in smoking incidence in Pakistan over the past one decade. This calls for an urgent need to formulate a valid central cancer registry in the country in association with the local bodies.
肺癌是男性中最常见的癌症，在女性中仅次于乳腺癌，是第二常见的癌症。我们已将我们的数据与国际统计数据进行比较，以了解我们的情况。在巴基斯坦，目前我们没有一个有效的中央癌症登记处，它无法提供肺癌的真实情况。因此，我们使用了2012年全球癌症统计数据，以便通过巴基斯坦卫生与研究委员会（PHRC）最近建立的数据来评估我国人群中肺癌的真实负担。我们的分析表明，巴基斯坦缺乏描述肺癌真实发病率和死亡率的数据。2012年全球癌症统计数据将肺癌列为巴基斯坦第三大常见癌症，而2016年巴基斯坦卫生与研究委员会的数据则将其列为第十大常见癌症，尽管过去十年巴基斯坦吸烟率有所上升。这迫切需要该国与地方机构联合制定一个有效的中央癌症登记处。
