REPRODUCTIVE FACTOR AND THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN ATTENDING TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A CASE CONTROL STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
Breast cancer is predominantly a disease of women and has a major impact on the health of women. In India, the number of deaths due to breast cancer in the country has increased to 50, 821 in 2010 from 48, 170 in 2007. The present study was undertaken to identify risk factors for breast cancer in rural setting at Sushruta Cancer Institute, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh. [b]METHODOLOGY[/b]: A hospital based case control study was conducted during the period of November 2010 to October 2012, with the sample of 300, out of 100 newly diagnosed breast cancer cases and 200 healthy controls. Cases and controls were matched with the age interval of 5 years. Information about the exposure were obtained in precisely manner both for cases and controls by using semi structured, pre tested questionnaire with the interview method along with clinical examination. [b]RESULTS[/b]: Out of total 100 cases and 200 controls, about 29% of cases and controls were in the age group of 50-54 years and about 80% of study subjects were resident of rural area, 81.6% of the study population were Hindus. Occupation wise 60% were engaged with daily wages and about 76.7% were illiterates. It was observed that 80% of the study population belonged to Socio economic class IV & V. The risk of developing breast cancer was statistically significant for the factors like marital status, parity, age at menarche and breastfeeding. [b]CONCLUSION:[/b] The present study was an attempt to identify risk factors and to quantify the strength of their association so as to help eliminate gaps in knowledge and barriers regarding risk factors for breast cancer and to know which risk factors are important, feasible to tackle and preventable which would have a great potential as a primary prevention measure
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Kannan Krishnamoorthy, Gopal Jogdand, Yennam Naresh
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