SIKKIM: Dr. Verma presents paper at 31st Annual Scientific Congress
GANGTOK, August 2: The chief consultant of STNM hospital, Dr. Yogesh Verma who is also the principal investigator of the Population Based Cancer Registry has presented a paper in the 31st Annual Scientific Congress held at New Orleans, USA.
The convention had been organized by International Agency for Research on Cancer of World Health Organization from June 3 to June 5.
The WHO body had invited Dr. Verma for the meet where he presented a paper ‘ethnic variation in the occurrence of cancer of stomach, esophagus and liver in Sikkim’.
Dr. Verma is the principal investigator of Population Based Cancer Registry, a unit under National Cancer Registry of the Indian Council of Medical Research established in 2003.
In his paper, Dr. Verma outlined the different ethnic groups of Sikkim with different culture and food habits.
An attempt was made to examine the possible variation in cancer incidence by different ethnic groups and the cancer incidence data collected for the years 2003-07 was utilized for the analysis, informs a press release issued by Dr. Verma.
In his presentation, Dr. Verma pointed out that the comparison of average annual incidence rate among Bhutias as against other ethnic groups revealed that the Bhutias have registered the higher incidence of stomach, Oesophagus and liver among males. In the case of females, the higher incidence was registered for the site of stomach and Oesophagus.
The data analysis showed a significant variation in the incidence of stomach, Oesophagus and liver in Bhutias as compared to other ethnic group.
No study on ethnic variation in cancer has been done so far in these groups and this study could lead to future evidence based studies on factors leading to this ethnic variation, the release says.
Dr. Verma has also expressed his gratitude for the support given by the State government, DESME, doctors and staff of Health department and SMIMS. The study was supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research
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