Pharmacology and Toxicology

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. It is estimated that more than 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer occurred among women worldwide. The disease occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get it, too. For men the life time risk of getting breast cancer is 1 in 1000. A cross sectional study on breast cancer is carried out in the medical center of Oil and Gas Development Company Islamabad. The purpose of this study is to find out the incidence of breast cancer in different age groups of females and its response to the available treatment in Pakistan. The period of study was from July 2017 to June 2018. Total number of 210 females was screened between the ages of 25-65 years, with different complaints related to their breast. 29 females were found having breast cancer. 10 patients were with stage-4. Five of them were between the ages of 30-40 years, one was 28 years and 4 were between the ages of 40-65 years. Stage-3 patients were 5, two were between the ages of 30-40 years and 3 between the ages of 40-65 years and patients with stage-2 were 13. Among the 13 stage-2 patients, 7 were between the ages of 30-40 years and 6 were between the ages of 40-65 years. This study concluded early diagnosis and treatment could save the life of females with breast cancer.