Open AccessCARCINOMA OF THE BREAST : TIME TO PRACTICE EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
Author(s) -
Digvijay S. Timilsina
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.650
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , disease , radiation therapy , mammography , mastectomy , breast carcinoma , alternative medicine , family medicine , cancer , surgery , pathology
Breast cancer is a common, dangerous and to some extent curable disease. Mortality from this disease hasjust now beginning to fall after remaining stagnant for 40 years. Screening and multimodal therapy basedon our paradigm changes are responsible for this happy trend. There is a very individualistic trend amongsurgeons to manage such cases, based on their own personal experiences. We are in a situation where samestaged disease is managed very differently and thus comparison of results and national guidelines are veryfar off. We have very few indexed publications listed on this subject from Nepal.Here an attempt is madeto review the recent publications and rationalizations from the abundance of information available.Key Words: Carcinoma, breast, screening, mammography, radiotherapy, mastectomy.