Histopathological Spectrum of Carcinomabreast in Jaipur, Rajasthan ? A Retrospective Study

Vijaypal Singh, Dharmpal Godara, Bhairu Lal Gurjar

Abstract: In world, carcinoma of breast is the most common malignant tumour in females. Cancer is one of the top 10 causes of death in India. Histopatologically two main types Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) ? incidence > 80 % Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC) - 10-15 %.Most common age group for breast carcinoma in India is 41-50 years.Although breast cancer in young women is rare but in India it is more common than west. The incidence of male breast carcinoma, once thought to be relatively stable, now seems to be substantially increasing. We conducted a retrospective study and analyse the data received from 2009 to 2013 in various histopathological labs at Jaipur, to see incidence of different types of breast cancer in different sex and age group. In our study approximately 1/3 breast biopsy diagnosed malignant. Most common malignant carcinoma was IDC-NOS(84.74%) followed by lobular carcinoma(5.31%), medullary carcinoma(1.6%).We found most common age group 41-50(34.8%), followed by 51-60(22.42%) and in young female (

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