Rehman Syeda Hajrah, Majid Bushra, Syed Sofia Ali, Qureshi Muhammad Asif
Syeda Hajrah Rehman, MBBS Student. Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Bushra Majid, MBBS Student. Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):582-587. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.2.2889.
In order to investigate the current status of skin cancer research output in Pakistan, (PubMed) and national (PakMediNet) scientific databases were searched using variety of keywords to retrieve relevant publications. A strict inclusion criterion was applied to select skin cancer publications for final analyses. Data were recorded by two authors and consistent data were entered into SPSS and Microsoft Excel and analyzed for annual growth rate and frequencies. Of 116 articles that were finally included in the study, 74 were original articles, 24 were case-reports, 10 were review articles, three were editorials, two were research communications and one each of case-series, correspondence and response to letter to the editor. The first article on skin cancer from Pakistan was published in 1976 whereas the last article included in our study was published in December 2018. Excluding Karachi, most of the cities have no contribution in the field of skin cancer. Since 1976 to date, the average number of publications per year has been low, with only 2.7 publications per year. Skin cancer research is alarmingly scarce in Pakistan. This calls for immediate attention by all concerned to contribute and devise appropriate measures towards skin cancer research in Pakistan.
为了调查巴基斯坦皮肤癌研究成果的现状，使用各种关键词检索了（美国国立医学图书馆的）《医学索引》数据库（PubMed）和巴基斯坦本国的科学数据库（PakMediNet），以获取相关出版物。应用严格的纳入标准来选择用于最终分析的皮肤癌出版物。由两位作者记录数据，并将一致的数据录入SPSS和Microsoft Excel中，分析年增长率和频次。在最终纳入本研究的116篇文章中，74篇为原创文章，24篇为病例报告，10篇为综述文章，3篇为社论，2篇为研究通讯，病例系列、读者来信及对读者来信的回复各1篇。巴基斯坦的第一篇皮肤癌文章发表于1976年，而我们研究中纳入的最后一篇文章发表于2018年12月。除卡拉奇外，大多数城市在皮肤癌领域均无贡献。自1976年至今，每年的平均出版物数量一直很低，每年仅有2.7篇。巴基斯坦的皮肤癌研究少得惊人。这需要所有相关方立即予以关注，为巴基斯坦的皮肤癌研究做出贡献并制定适当措施。
