Breast cancer: An overview of published Indian data.
The Incidence of breast cancer has been steadily increasing in the last two decades, more so in urban areas of the sub-continent. Cancer ceters across the country have large numbers of patients being treated with multiple publications in this field. Inspite of paucity of prospective data and randomised clinical trials from India, there are large number of retrospective publications on various aspects of the disease including pathology, radiology, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, palliative care and alternatitive treatment modalities. These published data provide an insight into the trends of breast cancer in the country and this comprehensive data review of Indian data will provide a basis for designing trials relevant to our population and planning health care.
Department of Medical Oncology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Bharath
B
Rangarajan
Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India.
Tanuja
T
Shet
Department of Radiotherapy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India.
Tabassum
T
Wadasadawala
Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India.
Nita S
NS
Nair
Department of Radiotherapy, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
R Madhu
RM
Sairam
Department of Medical Oncology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India.
Sachin S
SS
Hingmire
Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharastra, India.
Jyoti
J
Bajpai
Breast cancer; Indian data; carcinoma breast