Erschienen in:
01.06.2011 | Editorial
Changing Paradigm of Breast Cancer
verfasst von:
K. S. Gopinath
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 2/2011
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Excerpt
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1] Cancer of the Breast has emerged as a leading site of cancer in most urban population of India. It is estimated that 90,000 new cases of breast cancer are detected annually. National cancer registry programme has shown a statistical rising trend in the incidence rate of Breast cancer. In the hospital cancer registries Breast cancer constitutes 14.32% to 30% of all cancers in women [
2]. The variation noticed after development of Atlas of cancer in India, showed higher microscopic incidence of breast cancer in peripheral parts of India [
3]. …