Open AccessPatient-reported quality of life outcomes in Indian breast cancer patients: Importance, review of the researches, determinants and future directions
Author(s) -
Prasanna R Deshpande,
Mohd Kazim Sheriff,
Abdul Nazir,
Sudeepthi Bommareddy,
Anil Tumkur,
Anantha Nagappa Naik
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.110341
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , incidence (geometry) , population , gynecology , environmental health , nursing , physics , optics
Breast cancer is a leading problem in developing world and India can be considered as one of the major contributors for incidence of breast cancer. In this article authors have reviewed quality of life studies on Indian breast cancer population. There are many factors which may hear common but cannot be neglected in case of Indian population. Policies and future directions to be implemented for breast cancer are also discussed.