Open AccessInsights of Breast Cancer and Barriers to its Therapy
Author(s) -
Nidhi Garg,
Suman Baishnab,
Rajib Das,
Kiranjeet Kaur,
Saurabh Gupta,
Sandeep Arora
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical technology research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-2225
pISSN - 2321-2217
DOI - 10.15415/jptrm.2019.72010
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , cancer , population , mortality rate , cancer treatment , intensive care medicine , oncology , environmental health
Breast cancer is the most common cancer across the globe occurring commonly in women population, and it is one of the main causes of mortality in women. In 2018, 1,62,468 new cases and 87,090 death cases of breast cancer were registered in India. In these recent years, lots of studies were conducted in breast cancer related to treatment and management, but in spite of getting so much advancement in the treatment of breast cancer still, the mortality rate of women is increasing day by day. Numerous factors are acting as barriers or challenges in breast cancer preventive therapy. It includes lack of knowledge regarding the treatment of cancer and patient getting insecure about treatment, fear of having side effects, cost of treatment and the efficacy of the drugs being prescribed. The study intended to determine the perceived insights and barriers to treatment of breast cancer.