The scenario of presentation of young females in a rural cancer hospital of North India: An initial experience.

Discussion There is an increasing trend in rates of breast cancer in the urban population of the country A unique feature is that the mean age is less than 50 years lower than that in the developed countries.[ 3 ] However in the present study, we observed a similar trend in our rural population as well.

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This is in tune with the data from the National cancer registry program, which also suggests that in India the rates of cervix cancer are decreasing while breast cancer is on the increase.[ 4 ] Trends in breast, cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovarian cancers in six population based cancer registries (Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Bhopal, and Barshi) have shown a decreasing trend for cancer of the cervix and increasing trends for cancers of breast, ovary and corpus uteri.[ 5 ] In the age group 15-29, Cancers of female genital organs, breast, and leukemia are most common in females in India.[ 6 ] This study has been performed to understand the chief presentation among the young rural females.

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