Presentation of Carcinoma Breast in Pakistan - A Study of 60 Cases

Presentation of Carcinoma Breast in Pakistan - A Study of 60 Cases

Authors

  • A AHMAD
  • F NAZ
  • M A KHAWAJA
  • A U HAQ
  • S N MALIK
  • S A KHAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v6i4.2317

Keywords:

Cancer breast, young females.

Abstract

A study of 60 cases presenting with cancer of the breast in the surgical Unit-II of Mayo Hospital, Lahore. It was found that established risk factors for the development of carcinoma breast like nulliparity, infertility, old age early menarche, late menopause and positive family history bear a different relationship to the occurrence of cancer breast in Pakistani women. Cancer occurred predominantly in the younger age group (less than 50 years) with high parity (average 4-5 children) and at least 6 years of lactation in the lifetime of each woman. Why this change in presentation of cancer breast? Has it been there since the beginning or a recent change? The answer is yet to be found.

 

Published

03/30/2018

How to Cite

AHMAD, A., NAZ, F., KHAWAJA, M. A., HAQ, A. U., MALIK, S. N., & KHAN, S. A. (2018). Presentation of Carcinoma Breast in Pakistan - A Study of 60 Cases. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v6i4.2317

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