Clinicopathological Features and Metastatic Pattern of Triple-positive Breast Cancer Among Female Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: Physicians working in casualty are often confronted with acute abdomen and get much more bothered as the diagnosis is not easy. This is due to the fact that the etiology of acute abdomen is always much diversified and the classical findings are masked making the diagnosis difficult. Objective was to study incidence of appendicitis and ovarian cyst among female patients presenting with acute abdomen.Methods: A hospital based follow up study was carried out among 64 cases presented with acute abdomen to the casualty from January 2018 to August 2018. All necessary investigations were done to confirm the etiology of acute abdomen. The cases belonged to surgery and gynecology departments where they were operated. The patients were followed from admission in the casualty to the final outcome. The data was analyzed using proportions.Results: During the study period a total of 15413 patients were admitted in the casualty out of them, 64 (0.42%) presented with acute abdomen. Of these 64 cases, majority i.e. 35 (54.7%) were due to acute appendicitis; 13 cases were due to renal colic and eight cases each were due to ectopic pregnancy and ovarian cyst. The most common age group affected was 21-30 years (62.5%) followed by less than 20 years age (21.9%). 25% of the 64 cases had delayed wound healing and no other complications were reported. No death was recorded.Conclusions: Authors achieved excellent results as there were no major complications and no death was recorded. Thus, meticulous diagnosis and prompt treatment can save patient life and at the same time rate of complications can be reduced.

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Male Breast Cancer: a 24 Year Experience of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention ◽

10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.4.1559 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 1559-1563 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Omer Jamy ◽

Ammar Rafiq ◽

Altaf Laghari ◽

Tabish Chawla

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Male Breast Cancer ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Male Breast ◽

Care Hospital

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Depressive disorder among the breast cancer patients in outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72383-5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (S2) ◽

pp. 677-677 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

R.U. Rahman ◽

A. Nisar ◽

N. Hussain ◽

I. Chaudhary

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Depressive Disorder ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Psychiatric Morbidity ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Outpatient Department ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Had Scale

ObjectivesTo determine the frequency of Depressive Disorder among patients with breast cancer in an outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.BackgroundCancer not only affects body physically but can also affect the mind in the form of psychiatric disorder. Proper identification and treatment of these conditions can be beneficial and cost-effective.MethodologyThis cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on patients of breast cancer attending OPD of oncology department of Civil Hospital Karachi. The sample consisted of ninety three diagnosed patients of breast cancer who were screened for psychiatric morbidity through Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD Scale). Screened patients were interviewed and diagnosed as depressive disorder according to ICD criteria. The level of depression in these diagnosed patients was quantified through ZUNG'S Depression Rating Scale.ResultsEighty two percent (n = 76) of the sample (n = 93) were found to have psychiatric morbidity on HAD scale. Out of these screened sample sixty percent (n = 46) were found to be depressed on Zung self rating depression scale. Majority of these patients were suffering from mild to moderate depression. Half of the female in this sample were undergone mastectomy that was not found to have any statistically significant impact on psychiatric morbidity of the patient.ConclusionThis study shows high prevalence of depression in patients with breast cancer. The health professional involve in care of breast cancer should screen routinely their patients for symptoms of depression.

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Retrospective analysis of clinicopathological factors and outcome in breast cancer in young women in a tertiary care hospital in India

Indian Journal of Cancer ◽

10.4103/0019-509x.175352 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 51 (4) ◽

pp. 594 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

AD Mane ◽

SP Deshmukh ◽

BP Zade ◽

SP Sane

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Retrospective Analysis ◽

Young Women ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Clinicopathological Factors

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

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research ◽

10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i3.23180 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 398

Author(s):

Anjan Adhikari ◽

Dipesh Chakraborty ◽

Rania Indu ◽

Sangita Bhattacharya ◽

Moumita Ray ◽

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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.

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