title: Outcome analysis of breast cancer patients treated at Nepal Medical College.
abstract: Breast carcinoma is second most common malignancy among women in Nepal and is also still a killer carcinoma in our context. We are encountering with more cases of breast cancer, may be due to increase number of cases because of life style modification or due to more diagnostic facilities available in the country. Yet we most often encounter more advanced stage of breast carcinoma. In our study we had total of 21 patients who suffered from breast carcinoma. Among those patients most were elderly with mean age of 54.33 +/- 11.25 years. Among 21 patients, 13 patients were either of locally advanced type or with advanced breast carcinoma with metastasis. In our institution these patients were offered evidence based treatment as per their requirement. Since most of these patients are unaware of self breast examination and hence presented lately. Even though they were managed properly, 1 patient had local recurrence and 4 patients later presented with distant metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal. sur.giri@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khadka
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bhattachan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult