Expanse of the cancer web

Expanse of the cancer web Some cancers are common for all cities. New ones are emerging
Mumbai				Chennai
Males		Females		Males		Females
1998 Lung Oesophagus Prostrate Larynx Stomach Mouth (others) Lymphomas Hypopharynx Tongue Leukemia	AAR 10.5 7.9 6.7 6.6 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5	1998 Breast Cervix Ovary Oesophagus Mouth (others) Uterus Lymphomas Stomach Leukemia Lung	AAR 27.6 15.8 7.7 4.8 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3	1997 Stomach Lung Oesophagus Oral cavity Prostrate Oropharynx Larynx Lymphoma Hypopharynx Leukemia	AAR 12.5 10.9 8.8 8.6 6.1 5.3 4.7 4.2 4.0 3.1	1997 Cervix Breast Oral cavity Stomach Oesophagus Ovary Body uterus Lymphoma Leukemia Lung	AAR 29.6 26.6 6.7 5.8 5.5 4.9 3.7 2.7 2.7 2.5
Delhi				Thiruvnanthapuram
Males		Females		Males		Females
1995 Lung Lyrynx Prostrate Tongue Urinary bladder Oesophagus Lymphoma Mouth Brain Gall bladder	AAR 11.0 8.5 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.7	1995 Breast Cervix Gall bladder Ovary Oesophagus Brain Lymphomas Mouth Body uterus Lung	AAR 29.3 23.4 9.4 8.7 4.4 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.7	1997 Oral cavity Lung Leukemia Pherynx Lymphoma HD* Oesophagus Larynx Stomach Brain Liver	AAR 17.05 14.75 7.15 6.69 5.65 5.56 5.43 3.14 2.98 2.55	1997 Breast Cervix Oral cavity Thyroid Ovary Leukemia Lymphoma HD* Oesophagus Brain Body uterus	AAR 25.65 16.02 10.58 7.21 6.54 4.98 2.94 2.08 1.96 1.83
Pune				Nagpur
Males		Females		Males		Females
1991-1995 Oesophagus Lung Larynx Prostrate Stomach Buccal mucosa Tongue Hypopharynx Urinary bladder Liver	AAR 8.6 8.2 7.1 6.3 6.2 5.2 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.4	1991-1995 Breast Cervix Oesophagus Ovary Stomach Uterus Buccal mucosa Brain Lung Colon	AAR 26.8 24.4 7.5 6.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6	1990-1994 Oesophagus Larynx Lung Tongue Stomach Leukemia Lymphoma Prostrate Brain Buccal mucosa	AAR 12.9 8.5 7.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1	1990-1994 Cervix Breast Oesophagus Ovary Stomach Leukemia Brain Tongue Buccal mucosa Rectum	AAR 23.3 21.1 8.2 7.1 3.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.7
Note: The age adjusted rate or AAR is a measure, which aloows communities with different age structures to be compared. In chronic diseases like cancer, AAR are expressed in terms of the number of cases per 100,000 people per year; Data for Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi is from "official" records-registries funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The rest is from non-governmental organisations. * hodkins lymphoma
Source: The Indian Cancer Society (Mumbai Cancer Registry) 2001, Cancer Mortality in Greater Mumbai 1998, Mumbai, p 10. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (Delhi Cancer Registry), Biennial report 1994 and 1995, New Delhi, p 62-63. Cancer Institute (WIA) 2000, Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Chennai ñ Biennial Report : 1996-1997, Chennai, p 5-6. The Indian Cancer Society 1998, Cancer Morbidity and Mortality in Poona City 1991-1995, Pune, p18. The Indian Cancer Society 1999, Cancer Morbidity and Mortality in Nagpur City 1990-1994, Nagpur, p18. Regional Cancer Centre, Report of Activities 1999-2000, Thiruvananthapuram, p 68-69.