scholarly journals Assessment of quality of life in breast cancer patients at a tertiary care hospital

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Damodar ◽  
T Smitha ◽  
S Gopinath ◽  
S Vijayakumar ◽  
YedukondalaA Rao
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients

scholarly journals DRUG PRESCRIPTION PATTERN OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN WEST BENGAL: A CROSS-SECTIONAL AND QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 398
Author(s):  
Anjan Adhikari ◽  
Dipesh Chakraborty ◽  
Rania Indu ◽  
Sangita Bhattacharya ◽  
Moumita Ray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Breast Carcinoma ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Drug Prescription ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional

 Objective: Cancer is a disease of uncontrolled division of cells in any part of the body. Breast cancer most common in women accounts for 13% of the death worldwide. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the drug prescription pattern of breast carcinoma patients in a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal.Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational questionnaire-based study done for a period of 6 months at the Department of Pharmacology in Collaboration with the Department of Surgery and Department of Radiotherapy of a Tertiary Care Hospital at Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Female patients with breast cancer (originated from epithelial tissues) of different types and grade attending surgery outdoor patient department were taken as subjects for the study, after signing informed consent.Results: The present study evaluated 28 patients (n=28) diagnosed as breast cancer by the physicians of the department of surgery and radiotherapy. It was observed that breast cancer was mostly found in the middle age group. Breast carcinoma in postmenopausal women accounted to 75%. The most prevalent breast cancer was invasive ductal carcinoma, accounting to 75% of the study population. 5-Fluorouracil, epirubicin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, docetaxel/paclitaxel, and carboplatin were mostly used as chemotherapeutic agent.Conclusion: Breast carcinoma being a prevalent type of cancer in females, the present study tried to evaluate the pattern of prescribing chemotherapeutic agents for breast cancer patients in a tertiary care hospital. Such study is essential to evaluate and refine the therapeutic regimen of the cancer patients to reduce their sufferings.

scholarly journals Immunohistochemical Profile of Breast Cancer Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in New Delhi, India

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 4959-4964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Chandra Doval ◽  
Anila Sharma ◽  
Rupal Sinha ◽  
Kapil Kumar ◽  
Ajay Kumar Dewan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Immunohistochemical Profile

scholarly journals Clinicopathological Profile of Breast Cancer Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Marathwada Region of Westen India

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 2195-2198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unmesh Vidyadhar Takalkar ◽  
Shilpa Balaji Asegaonkar ◽  
Umesh Kulkarni ◽  
Pushpa R Kodlikeri ◽  
Ujwala Kulkarni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Clinicopathological Profile

scholarly journals QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER – A PILOT STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1614-1617
Author(s):  
Philip Umman ◽  
◽  
Joyal Jose ◽  
Nigel Varghese. ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
South India ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital
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