EVALUATION OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC OUTCOME OF BREAST CANCER AT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ZARIA

📄 Project Abstract

Cancers are abnormal cells growing uncontrollably at the same time to invade other body cells. Breast cancer is a malignant proliferation of the epithelia tissues / cells of the milk duct and lobules occurring in both men and women with high global deaths. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of the chemotherapeutic management of breast cancer patients who attended the Oncology and Radiotherapy clinic of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria over a five-year study period (January 2005 to December 2009) retrospectively. The disease index cards, registers and folders of patients from the National Cancer Registry of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Department of this study centre was retrieved and the total number of the various cancer types diagnosed in the five year study period including the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in each of the 5 year study period together with relevant information for each patient as stipulated in a detailed data ca...