title: Clinicopathological Profile of Breast Cancer Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Marathwada Region of Westen India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among women with wide differences in clinical profile from region to region. The present study aimed to describe the profile of breast cancer patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Marathwada region of Western India.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive retrospective study, we reviewed records of pathologically diagnosed patients of breast cancer managed at our center from years 2009 to 2015. Data with respect to demographic status, detailed past, medical, familial and personal history, findings of clinical examination and histological features were obtained. Patients were staged according to the Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 260 cases, mean age of presentation was 52.6, with average age of menarche of 11.3 and menopause of 52.6 years. The majority of patients were from urban regions and were postmenopausal (64.3%). Main clinical features presentation were breast lumps. Most patients were in stage II and had infiltrating duct carcinomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most common risk factors for breast cancer observed are increasing age, low parity and obesity. Breast cancer was more prevalent among postmenopausal women presenting in stage II with infiltating duct carcinoma in our region of India.
authors.affiliation: Consultant Surgeon in Oncology United CIIGMA Hospital Aurangabad E-mail : drunmesh.aurangabad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Unmesh Vidyadhar
authors.initials: UV
authors.lastname: Takalkar1
authors.forename: Shilpa Balaji
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Asegaonkar
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: Mamta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraf
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Advani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008875:Middle Aged; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers