Breast Cancer Care in Pakistan: Burden of the Disease and What We Need to Do?
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Breast Cancer, Awareness, delaying gactors, screening, PakistanAbstract
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy observed in women worldwide including in Pakistan. The five-year prevalence of breast cancer was 35%, the incidence of breast cancer was 23%, and the mortality of breast cancer in Pakistan was 16% during 2017. Delayed presentation of the patients is seen to be associated with advanced-stage diagnosis, aggressive treatment, poor outcomes, poor quality of life, and higher mortality rate. Delay in effective oncological treatment could be due to patient presentation delay which results in a cumulative increase in breast cancer-associated mortality. We clearly need to identify and address the factors which mediate delay in breast cancer diagnosis and management.
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