Abstract
Background: At our tertiary care hospital we receive a large number of lung cancer patients, mostly in poor general conditions; hence we decided to conduct this study to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the demographic profile of lung cancer at our institute, Institute of respiratory disease (IRD), Swai Man Singh Medical (SMS) College and Hospital
 Methods: This study was conducted at Institute of Respiratory Disease (IRD), Swai Mansingh (SMS) Medical Collage, Jaipur after taking necessary permission from Ethical Committee and Research Review Board of SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
 Results: Mean age of the patients was 61.4±6.8; it was higher in male 61.60±6.7. Out of 105 patients majority of patients were (85.7 %) male. Most of the patients (72.4%) were belonged to rural area .In context of education it is indicated that about 36 % of the patients were primary school educated while 25.7 to 26.7 constituted high & middle school respectively followed by graduate & illiterates (5.7 %) respectively
 Conclusion: We concluded that lung cancer was commonly found in elderly male belong to low socio-economic status
 Keywords: Lung cancer, Male, SES
Highlights
Cancer one of the most important causes of death worldwide and is the reason for death in economically developing and developed countries and the second most regular illness after cardiovascular disease 1Lung cancer considered as the most common and fatal forms of cancer because lack of proper diagnosis and lack of effective treatments and it accounts for more deaths than any other cancer types
Background: At our tertiary care hospital we receive a large number of lung cancer patients, mostly in poor general conditions; we decided to conduct this study to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the demographic profile of lung cancer at our institute, Institute of respiratory disease (IRD), Swai Man Singh Medical (SMS) College and Hospital Methods: This study was conducted at Institute of Respiratory Disease (IRD), Swai Mansingh (SMS) Medical Collage, Jaipur after taking necessary permission from Ethical Committee and Research Review Board of SMS Medical College, Jaipur
Mean age of the patients was 61.4±6.8; it was higher in male 61.60±6.7
Summary
Lung cancer considered as the most common and fatal forms of cancer because lack of proper diagnosis and lack of effective treatments and it accounts for more deaths than any other cancer types. In 2012, nearly 1.8 million new lung cancer cases were reported, and it represented about 12.9% of the total cancer occurrence globally 2,3. The GLOBOCAN 2018 estimated that in both genders combined, lung malignancy is the most identified (11.6% of the aggregate cases) and the prominent reason for cancer deaths (18.4% of the total mortality due to cancer) .4. At our tertiary care hospital we receive a large number of lung cancer patients, mostly in poor general conditions; we decided to conduct this study to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the demographic profile of lung cancer at our institute, Institute of respiratory disease (IRD), Swai Man Singh Medical (SMS) College and Hospital
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