Abstract
This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted to Outcome of breast cancer surgery in a selected specialized hospital in Dhaka city with a sample size of 120. It was found that most of the participants in age group 41-55 years 74.2% followed by >55 years 13.3%, 45000 respectively. Showed that most of the respondents (77.5%) had mental stress and rest of them 22.5% did not. Revealed that most of the respondents (79.2%) breastfeed all the child were all children and rest of them 20.8% were maximum child respectively. Showed that most of the respondents (80%) were thinking have financial problem and rest of them 20% been done not. Revealed that half of the respondents (56.7%) were did not breast biopsy or surgery and rest of them 43.3% were had. A highly significant association between age and socio-demographic of the respondents (P value= 0.000). Showed that there is a significant association between occupation and socio-demographic of the respondents (P value= 0.003).
Highlights
Breast cancer in women is a major health burden
In most of the developing countries including Bangladesh patient comes for treatment in an advance stage when little or no benefit can be derived from any sorts of therapy
Diagnosis can be successfully achieved by mass screening either by Mammography, Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) and Self breast examination (SBE) or by the combination of three
Summary
Breast cancer in women is a major health burden It is the most common cause of cancer death among women in both high recourse and low recourse countries. Recent global cancer statistics indicate that breast cancer incidence is rising at a faster rate in populations of developing countries [1]. The incidence of breast cancer in Bangladesh seems to be very high. As we do not have any cancer registry with relevant data about age, sex, marital status, different types of cancers, diagnostic & treatment status and survival & mortality rate of cancer patients it is difficult to say the exact situation in Bangladesh. It is predictable that the incidence of breast cancer is growing at a faster rate and that the overall situation is not promising. Though it is well documented that mammography is the best choice for screening, breast self-
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