Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 1-5
Profile of Breast Cancer Patients Presenting At a Tertiary Care Centre in an Indian Himalayan State
Shilpa Kaushal1, Manish Gupta2, Muninder Negi3, Neha Bhardwaj4
1Medical Officer, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra at Tanda,
Himachal Pradesh, India
2Professor, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Tertiary Care Cancer Centre, IGMC, Shimla,
Himachal Pradesh, India
3Professor, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India
4Medical Officer(Anaesthesia), Health & Family Welfare Department, Himachal Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Neha Bhardwaj
ABSTRACT
Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer in urban Indian women and second commonest in rural Indian women. Indian women present with breast cancer at a relatively younger age. Present study describes profile of female breast cancer patients in Indian Himalayan state.
Methods: This record based descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. It included 137 females with histologically confirmed breast cancer. The details like age, residence, histology and TNM stage at presentation were recorded and evaluated.
Results: Mean age of patients was 55.14 ±11.32 years. Maximum patients belonged to 41 to 50 years age group. Invasive ductal carcinoma; not otherwise specified (NOS) was most common histology. Majority of patients belong to rural background. Stage II was the most common stage at presentation followed by stage III. This study shows that 49.64% presented with advanced stage (Stages III and IV) of breast cancer and 52.94% of these cases were ≤ 50 years of age.
Conclusions: It was found that majority of the breast cancer patients belong to 41-50 years age group in our Indian Himalayan state and this finding is in line with data from other parts of India and other Asian regions. These young women commonly present with stage II or stage III breast cancer.
Keywords: Breast cancer, young age, TNM staging, Himalayan population
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