Incidence of types of lung malignancy in a tertiary care hospital in a coastal region, an observational study

Background: Lung malignancy is one of the common malignancies associated with smoking occurring in the world, that too mostly in men. This is to study the prevalence of the type of lung malignancy and the common risk factor associated in this coastal region.
Materials and methods: Patients who were diagnosed with lung malignancy from the period of October 2015 to November 2018 by cytology and histopathological report in our hospital were included and analyzed.
Results:Among the 50 patients, 32 were males and 18 were females. Incidence of lung carcinoma was high among males and the incidence of most common type of carcinoma was squamous in males and adenocarcinoma in females. Non smokers were more affected than smokers.
Conclusion: The ratio of Incidence of lung malignancy in this costal region is more in non smokers than smokers which is in changing trend, which has to be further evaluated.