Nearly 13 per cent of women in India with breast cancer experienced metastasis: Study

NEW DELHI: (Apr 20) An analysis of data shows that nearly 13 per cent of over 76,000 women with breast cancer experienced metastasis, meaning the cancer spread from its original site to other parts of the body, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal.

Bone was found to be the most common metastatic site. The women, analysed in the data collected under India’s National Cancer Registry Programme, were diagnosed with primary breast cancer between 2009 and 2020.

Researchers from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of NCD Epidemiology, Bengaluru, also found that the risk of metastasis was higher for diagnoses during 2015-2020, compared to those during 2009-2014.

Source: PTI News

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