A Survey On Risk Assessment Of Breast Cancer Among Female Patients Admitted In Selected Hospital In Navi Mumbai
Abstract
Cancer is a broad term. It describes the disease that results when cellular changes cause the uncontrolled growth and division of cells. Some types of cancer cause rapid cell growth, while others cause cells to grow and divide at a slower rate. Breast cancer (BC) is the commonest malignancy among women globally. It has now surpassed lung cancer as the leading cause of global cancer incidence in 2020, with an estimated 2.3 million new cases, representing 11.7% of all cancer cases. The Researchers aims to have a survey on “Risk assessment of breast cancer among female patients. The main objective of the study is to assess the degree of exposure to risk factors of breast cancer and to determine the association of risk factors with selected demographic variables.
Method
The study was conducted as a Descriptive design, with 200 samples (female patients admitted in the hospital) were surveyed in Dr. D Y Patil Hospital Research Center. The sampling technique adopted for the current study was a convenient sampling technique. In this study Modified Risk Assessment Tool was used to collect the data on risk exposure through the interview technique. The demographic data were collected by using a structured questionnaire.
Result
The study findings of the survey on risk assessment of breast cancer reveals that, according to their exposure to risk factors, 66% of the study participants had a low risk of having breast cancer, while 21% had a moderate risk and 13% had a high risk. There was no evidence that any of the study samples were at a prohibitive risk for the same. According to the results of the Chi-square test, Age has a substantial correlation with breast cancer risk, whereas other demographic factors including marital status, religion, education, and age of menarche have no significantly correlated with risk levels among the study participants.
Conclusion
The current study comes to the conclusion that early risk factor detection and avoiding exposure to risk factors that cause breast cancer can help to lower the incidence.
