QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER ? A PILOT STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA.
- Believers Church Medical College Hospital, St Thomas Nagar, Kuttapuzha, Tiruvalla 689101.
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Breast cancer is the commonest cancer affecting women across all age groups. Surgery for breast cancer has evolved from radical intent and extent to wide local excision and breast conservation. Breast conservation surgery is the standard of care in the treatment of early breast cancer. However, there is very less acceptability of the same among both patients and health care professionals, especially in the Indian subcontinent. We aim to assess the quality of life in patients who underwent surgery for carcinoma breast and see the difference in quality of life, if any, between breast conservation surgery(BCS) and modified radical mastectomy (MRM) and the feasibility of the same.
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[Philip Umman, Joyal Jose and Nigel Varghese. (2017); QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER ? A PILOT STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1614-1617] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Associate Professor, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Tiruvalla, Kerala-689103.
