• Krishna Prasad Subedi
• Binay Thakur
• Prativa Neupane
• Khem Bahadur Karki

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This was a descriptive study aims to determine the hospital based lung cancer incidence for 2008 by using the secondary data from hospital based cancer registry programme in Nepal from 1st January to 31th December. Most of the cases 88.9% were from Hindu community, total number of lung cancer (ICD-10 C 34) were 918 and first leading cancer among both sex. Whereas., Male 63.6% n=548, female 36.4% n=334 and pick age group of lung cancer was 60 to 64 years. First choice of treatment was 43.6% chemotherapy followed by 19.7 % radiotherapy & chemotherapy. The frequency of lung cancer was seen to be higher than other cancer and increasing day by day. A well organized awareness activity was recommended to control and prevent the lung cancer burden in Nepal.

Lung cancer, Hospital based, Incidence, Nepal

"Descriptive Analysis of Lung cancer Incidence in Nepal Evidence form Hospital Based Cancer Registry 2008", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.722-728, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101304.pdf

"Descriptive Analysis of Lung cancer Incidence in Nepal Evidence form Hospital Based Cancer Registry 2008", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp722-728, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101304.pdf