Mumbai Hospital Study Finds Over Eighty Percent of Reviewed Breast Cases Were Cancerous

A recent hospital review of 578 patients who visited the Head & Neck Cancer Institute of India in Mumbai shows that 82.5% of the evaluated breast conditions were cancerous, while 17.5% were non-cancerous. Doctors confirmed these diagnoses through tissue tests over a period of more than three years.

Patient Details And Surgery

The patients diagnosed with breast cancer had an average age of 52.7 years, with ages spanning from 23 to 98 years old. Tumour sizes differed across the group, as 35.2% measured up to 2 cm, 43.3% measured between 2 and 4.9 cm, and 19.3% measured larger than 5 cm. The data also shows that 52% of the patients had more than four lymph nodes positive for cancer, which is a key detail doctors review to understand how far the disease has spread and to plan care. Mastectomy, the surgical removal of the breast, was the most common surgery recorded during the review.

Context

Medical experts advise that noticing unusual breast changes and visiting a doctor early helps find the right diagnosis and treatment plan. However, doctors note that these specific findings only apply to patients who visited this particular institute and cannot be used to predict cancer rates for the general public or estimate the chances of any single lump being cancerous.