Breast cancer epidemiological prospects in South Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

Objectives The main purpose of this epidemiological research was to determine and to establish the presentation of carcinoma of breast with laterality quadrant and receptor status reported at Nuclear Institute of Medicine And Radiotherapy NIMRA Jamshoro Pakistan Background Breast cancer is credited to highest mortality rate across the world and nearly more than thousand women die every year due to carcinoma of the breast in Pakistan This study was initiated to chalk out the presentation of the breast cancer in the visited masses Methodology This study was set up to assess the patient of breast cancer reported at Nuclear Institute of Medicine And Radiotherapy NIMRA Jamshoro Pakistan during last years with breast laterality and the location of carcinoma arose in the quadrants Total females were included in this study and the data was analyzed with SPSS software Results The mean age of cases reported was plusmn In females females presented with left sided whereas reported with right sided carcinoma of breast The proportion of left breast cancer to right breast cancer among patients was slightly higher In both breasts the most affected site was upper outer quadrant whereas upper inner quadrant was least affected site Conclusion The right sided carcinoma of breast has a little bit lower incidence than left sided breast carcinoma but had an early appearance and a violent behavior