Incidence of Breast Cancer: A study in Thammasat University Hospital
Keywords:
Breast cancer, Incidence, treatmentAbstract
Background: The incidence of breast cancer at Thammasat University Hospital is steadily increasing, thus collecting data regarding breast cancer patients including the stage of breast cancer and the type of treatment received could better improve the treatment of future patients.
Objective: To study the incidence of breast cancer and type of treatment at Thammasat University Hospital.
Material and methods: The sample consisted of breast cancer patients who had been treated at Thammasat University Hospital between 2011 and 2016. The data was collected using the Breast record form and was analyzed based on percentage of population.
Result: The results of our study demonstrated that there were 436 new breast cancer patients treated at Thammasat University Hospital within 5 years. Of which, the highest incidence was seen in women 46-50 years of age. The most common breast cancer stage was stage 2 (37.84%), while 18.81% and 9.63% were diagnosed with stage 3 and 4, respectively. Most breast cancer patients (85.55%) received surgical treatment with total mastectomy being the most common surgical procedure performed, followed by breast conserving surgery and breast reconstruction which was 69.04%, 16.51% and 11.47% respectively. Furthermore, the method of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was reported to be 38.07%. Patients also received adjuvant treatment for breast cancer including chemotherapy, endocrine therapy and radiation which was reported as 24.70%, 18.27% and 24.19%, respectively.
Conclusion: The development of a caring system for breast cancer patients in Thammasat University Hospital is important especially with an increasing of number of breast cancer patients each year. The most common treatment is surgery which should constantly be improving to reduce complications and improve quality of life of breast cancer in the future.
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