Clinical & hormonal profile of patients with breast cancer attending radiotherapy OPD: an experience from eastern India

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer in India especially in women. Chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy or hormonal therapy following surgery is the most important treatment modality. This study explored clinical & hormonal profile of the patients along with their treatment outcomes. Materials and Methods: Socio-demographic and clinical profile as well as treatment outcome of the study subjects were obtained from the records. They were analyzed and results are mentioned with the help of tables and diagrams. Results: Most of the breast cancer patients were of the age 40-60 years. Most of the patients had locally advanced carcinoma. Most of the patients received chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy or hormonal therapy following surgery. External beam radiotherapy was the most commonly used. More than 90% of the patients received chemotherapy. Most of the patients completed their treatment. Discussion: Most of our results were in concordance with other international findings. Thus most of breast cancer patients are middle-aged female with locally advanced carcinoma receiving chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy/hormonal therapy following surgery.