Assessment of Risk Factor Analysis of Patient with Breast Cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most prevailing form of cancer. Breast cancer has become a major problem across the world including India. Carcinoma of the breast is characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells, which results in formation of lumps within the breast. It is treatable if it is detected early, if not, it could be a serious life-threatening disease. The main objective of this study was to determine the risk factors among patients with breast cancer. Retrospective study design was used; data was collected from the patients who were diagnosed to have breast cancer. 42 samples were selected for the study by convenient sampling technique. The present study results showed 50% of patients were between 41 to 50 years of age, 28.5% and 35.7% of patients were under the category of obese and overweight, 14.3% and 7.1% of patients were having polycystic ovary and ovarian cancer respectively. 33.3% of patients were having the comorbid illness of hypertension and 28.5% were diabetes mellitus. In relation to reproductive status, 57.1% of patients had attained menarche at the age of less than 12 years and 66.6% of patients had regular menstrual cycle and 35.7% had less than 5 days of menstrual periods. 38.1% and 19% of patients had used oral contraceptive pills and diethyl stilbesterol medication, respectively. There is a need to evaluate breast cancer patients and initiate screening programmes among the women and also should insist about the healthy living practices, importance of breast feeding, and ill-effects of using oral contraceptives to the women in order to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer.