Study the Incidence of Early Breast Cancer in Southern Odisha and Number of Bct Performed

Abstract

Breast carcinoma is considered as one of the best studied cancers that affect the mankind. The understanding of cancer breast has undergone a lot of change in recent years and many more modalities of treatment advocated. No single modality of treatment can be the mainstay of therapy. One of them is breast conservation treatment (BCT) comprises BCS and whole breast radiotherapy. But in India, BCT is not popular among the surgeons (11-23% vs. > 60-70% in west). The advantages of BCS over MRM include, better body image, sexual functioning and better psychological adjustment. In view of this, the present study was undertaken to highlight the importance of BCT and comparison of post-operative events with MRM.