Estimating disease burden associated with oncogenic viruses

Objective: to determine the frequency of different pathological conditions associated with oncogenic viruses and estimate overall disease burden in our patient population. methodology: a retrospective study was conducted from august 2013 till december 2013 at the department of pathology,liaquat university of medical and health sciences,jamshoro. biopsy samples received at the department of pathology were histologically assessed by h&e staining and reported. patients diagnosed with tumor virus-related conditions,both inflammatory and malignant,were included in this study. patient’s age,gender and presenting complaints were also noted. results: a total of 2723 patients attended the diagnostic research laboratory during this period. of these,174 patients presented with cervical lesions such as chronic cervicitis (159 cases),cervical polyp (09 cases) and squamous cell carcinoma of cervix (06 cases). chronic hepatitis was diagnosed in majority of liver samples (43 out of 45) while remaining 2 were labeled as hepatocellular carcinoma. there were 07 patients diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma while 02 had nasopharyngeal carcinoma. conclusion: the current data on variety of conditions especially cervical lesions suggest a high frequency of oncogenic viruses associated diseases in our population. © 2017,postgraduate medical institute. all rights reserved.