Open AccessSociodemographic factors and late-stage diagnosis of breast cancer in India: A hospital-based study
Author(s) -
Jignasa Sathwara,
B Ganesh,
Saurabh Bobdey,
Abhishek Jain,
Sushama Saoba
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of medical and paediatric oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0975-2129
pISSN - 0971-5851
DOI - 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_15_16
Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , breast cancer , cancer , general surgery , family medicine , gynecology , paleontology , biology
Breast cancer (BC) is one of the major causes of cancer mortality in India. Late-stage diagnosis of BC is associated with poor survival. Identification of factors affecting late presentation of the disease could be an effective step to reduce BC mortality.