Nidhi Sagar
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, India
Title: Associated factors of breast cancer among diagnosed and healthy women
Biography
Biography: Nidhi Sagar
Abstract
Dayanand Medical College &Hospital, College of Nursing,Ludhiana,Punjab,India
Breast cancer is the tumour that starts in the cells of breast, can grow into surrounding tissues or metastasize to different areas of the body. The case control study was conducted with an objective to assess & compare the associated factors of breast cancer among 80 diagnosed women (cases) and 80 healthy women (control) using questionnaire with interview method. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample. The findings of the study showed that family history, age at menarche (<12 years), age at the time of first child birth, breast feeding practice, use of family planning methods, age at menopause (>55years),history of any breast surgery, any menstruation problem, history of substance abuse, work on night shift, exposure to radiation, exercise performance and any kind of stress have positive association for breast cancer risk but other factors like having any hormone replacement therapy, any forceful injury to breast and use of brazier don’t have any association of breast cancer ( as calculated by chi square).Therefore, it was recommended that nurses should be able to educate about the assessment of factors of breast cancer to the women.