Abstract
Introduction
Worldwide, Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer amongst women with an incidence rate more than twice that of colorectal cancer and cervical cancer and about three times that of lung cancer.1,23,4. The incidence of breast cancer in India is on the rise and is rapidly, becoming the number one cancer in females pushing the cervical cancer to second place.5,6,7,8
It is reported that one in 22 women in India is likely to suffer from breast cancer during her lifetime while the figure is definitely more in America where eight being victim of this deadly cancer. The problem with preventing breast cancer is that there is no one cause that can be pinpointed as being the culprit. Of course screening for the presence of BRCA – 1, BRCA – 2 mutations in available, though it must be admitted of being little use in the Indian context.9,10,11,12
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Corresponding Author
Dr P. Mahesh Kumar. M.S
Senior Assistant Professor, Govt Sivagangai Medical College, Sivagangai, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i3.62
