The presentation briefly describe details regarding different types of cancers prevalance in Pakistan and the opportunity this country offer in Cancer Research Projects by the availability of mostly chemo naive cancer patients
4. Cancer statistics in Pakistan
TOP 10 Malignancies in All age groups/sexes
Category %
Breast 24%
Head & Neck 15%
Breast Head NHL
& Neck 7.3%
24%Head & Neck
Liver & bile ducts 6.9%
15% NHL
Leukaemia 5.4%
7.3%Liver & bile
ducts Hodgkin's disease 4.7%
6.9%Leukemias
Colon, Rectum, Anus 4.6%
5.4%Hodgkin's
disease Brain 3.7%
4.7%Colon,Rectu
m,Anus Lung 2.9%
4.6%Brain
Bone 2.4%
3.7%Lung
2.9%Bone
Breast
5. Cancer Statistics in Pakistan
TOP 10 malignancies in Males
Category %
Head & Neck 20%
Lung 11%
Head & Neck
Lungs Liver & bile duct 10.5%
Liver & Bile NHL 9.1 %
ducts
NHL Prostate 7.2%
Prostate Colorectal 6.9%
Colorectal
Urinary bladder Urinary Bladder 5.8%
Leukemias Leukaemia 4.3%
Hodgkin's
disease Hodgkin's disease 4.1%
Esophagus Oesophagus 2.4%
6. Cancer statistics in Pakistan
TOP 10 Malignancies in Females
Category %
Breast 45%
Breast Head & Neck 18%
Head & Neck
NHL NHL 7.1 %
Ovary
Ovary 7%
Cervix Uteri
Uterus Cervix Uteri 5.2%
Liver & Bile duct
Colorectal
Corpus Uteri 4.0%
Thyroid gland Liver & Bile duct 3.6%
Leukemia
Colorectal 3.4%
Thyroid gland 2.7%
Leukaemia 2.3%
7. Cancer statistics in Pakistan
TOP 10 Malignancies in Children's
Category %
Hodgkins disease
ALL Hodgkin disease 20.6%
NHL
Glioma
ALL 18%
Osteosarcoma
NHL 10.5 %
Germ cell tumor
Ewing's Sarcoma Glioma 8.7 %
AML
Retinoblastoma Osteosarcoma 7.2%
Nephroblastoma
Germ cell tumor 5.3%
Ewing's Sarcoma 5.1%
AML 3.9%
Retinoblastoma 3.7%
Nephroblastoma 2.0%