Open AccessA study on risk factors of breast cancer among patients attending the tertiary care hospital, in Udupi district
Author(s) -
Ramchandra Kamath,
Kamaleshwar S Mahajan,
Lena Ashok,
T.S. Sanal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.112440
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cancer , incidence (geometry) , cervical cancer , risk factors for breast cancer , cancer registry , risk factor , obstetrics , gynecology , physics , optics
Cancer has become one of the ten leading causes of death in India. Breast cancer is the most common diagnosed malignancy in India, it ranks second to cervical cancer. An increasing trend in incidence is reported from various registries of national cancer registry project and now India is a country with largest estimated number of breast cancer deaths worldwide.