Title: Study of Stage of Breast Carcinoma at the Time of Hospitalisation
Authors: Dr Hemraj Bhardwaj, Dr Navneet Kumar, Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i10.50
Abstract
The aim of study to know that at what stage the breast cancer patient visit to the surgeon and to improve our understanding why women delay their presentation with breast cancer. In the present study we included age group of patient, average size of tumour, stage of cancer, average duration of disease, family history and associated factors in the presentation of breast cancer.
Background: To know the stage of carcinoma breast at the time of first presentation to the surgeon, this study was conducted in the breast cancer patients admitted in M.B.S. Hospital Kota, department of surgery from 01.01.2017 to 30.06.2018.
Method: All the patients admitted with carcinoma breast in department of surgery, M.B.S. Hospital Kota were studied, history was recorded regarding onset of the symptom, age and marital status were recorded. Patients were examined about tumour size, TNM staging and pathological diagnosis were recorded.
Result: In all, 88 breast cancer patients, only 24% visit to the surgeon with in 3 month of symptoms. The study shows that only 28.4% were of stage 2a, rest of the patient belongs to higher stage.
Conclusion: Significant number of patients admitted to the hospital for management of the carcinoma breast were of advanced stage. This warrants the need of awareness in society especially by government and medical institutions to achieve the goal of early detection of breast carcinoma for its better treatment.
Keywords: Breast cancer, locally advanced breast cancer.
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