Disease constitution and trend analysis of inpatients with malignant tumors between 2008 and 2017 in Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital

Abstract

Objective To analyze the disease constitution and trend of inpatients with malignant tumors in Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital. Methods The clinical data of inpatients with malignant tumors in Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital from 2008 to 2017 were collected, and the characteristics of disease composition and variation trend of patients were analyzed retrospectively by using Excel, SPSS 22.0 and R3.5.0 statistical software. Results The top 10 malignant tumors from 2008 to 2017 in Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital were successively lung cancer (22.92%), gastric cancer (18.34%), cervical cancer (14.31%), esophageal cancer (11.41%), breast cancer (10.85%), rectal cancer (6.90%), thyroid cancer (6.06%), colorectal cancer (4.30%), ovarian cancer (2.89%) and uterine cancer (2.03%), accounting for 120 319 cases in the top 10 malignancies in total. The number of cases presented an increasing trend from 2008 to 2017 (P < 0.05). The constitutions of top 10 malignant tumors between men and women were different, and the peak age of malignant cancers was from 51 to 70 years old. Conclusions The number of inpatients with malignant tumors in Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital is increasing year by year. Except the special malignant tumors in females, the disease spectrums of malignant tumors inpatients show a consistent trend. Respiratory and digestive system malignancies are the main malignant tumors in Shanxi Province. It is of great significance to master the characteristics of cancer and the changing situation, adjust prevention measures, optimize the allocation of hospital beds as well as medical resources, strengthen clinical specialized subject construction. Key words: Malignant neoplasms; Inpatients; Disease constitution; Variation trend