Ramchandra Kamath|Kamaleshwar S Mahajan|Lena Ashok|T.S. Sanal
A study on risk factors of breast cancer among patients attending the tertiary care hospital, in Udupi district
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
cancer become one ten leading causes death india breast cancer common diagnosed malignancy india ranks second cervical cancer increasing trend incidence reported various registries national cancer registry project india country largest estimated number breast cancer deaths worldwideto study factors associated breast cancerto study association breast cancer selected exposure variables identify risk factors breast cancera hospital based case control study conducted shirdi sai baba cancer hospital research center manipal udupi districttotal 188 participants included study 94 cases 94 controls study participants 25 69 years age group cases controls matched 2 years age range non vegetarian diet one important risk factors 280 ci 115681 7 12 years education 484 ci 1511546 484 times risk breast cancer compared illiterate womenthe study suggests non vegetarian diet important risk factor breast cancer risk breast cancer educated women compared illiterate womenthis hospital based study generalisability findings could limited