A retrospective cross sectional analysis of histopathological distribution of breast cancer according to age at a tertiary care teaching hospital
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction As per the WHO there were 519000 women who died in the year 2004 and 69 of the worlds cancer deaths are due to breast cancer The present study was conducted with the aim to determine the histological variants of breast cancer amongst females reposting to the hospitalMaterials and Methods The present descriptive study was conducted in retrospective fashion in the Department of Pathology ESIC Medical College Gulburga Karnataka India All the data was obtained from the hospitals medical records and the identity of the subjects was kept confidential A complete family history medical history and clinical examination of the subjects were recorded Details of the site of histology sample and the histopathological variant were recorded The usual technique for fixing the specimen in formalin followed by embedding in paraffin and cutting with H and E staining was followed for all the samples All the data obtained was arranged in a tabulated form and analyzed using SPSS software The results were expressed as frequency distributionResults Majority of the cases occurred between 3246 years of age followed by 6276 years There were only 3 cases diagnosed between 015 years age group There were 93 cases of carcinomas Out of these majority n317 were infiltrating ductal carcinomas In 210 cases infiltrating lobular carcinomas were confirmed histologicallyConclusion Breast cancer is the most frequently seen cancer amongst women It is most commonly seen in elder age groups and hereditary plays an important role in its causation The most commonly seen histological variant of breast cancer is infiltrative ductal carcinoma Sarcomas are the second most common variant of breast cancerKeywords Breast Carcinoma Histology
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Rashmi Chandragouda Meti, Anand Nagalikar
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- DOI 10.18231/2394-6792.2018.0123
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