DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2018.4.1.2

Pages: 3-7

Breast cancer is the most common cancer for women in Malaysia. The knowledge of cancer trends in our country is inadequate. Survival rate of breast cancer depends on the stage at diagnosis. The aim of this study is to characterize breast cancer at presentation in HPSF Muar. A retrospective study where all newly diagnosed breast cancer patients from January 2012 till December 2014 were included. Patients with missing records and patients with recurrent or previous contralateral breast cancer were excluded.110 patients were analyzed. The majority had lump > 2cm in size. Thirty-one patients (28%) had metastasis at diagnosis. Eight patients (7.3%) were not staged because they defaulted after diagnosis or refused to be staged. Malay women presented with more advanced disease compared to Chinese and Indian women (p = 0.052). Ninety-five patients had surgery done (86%). Four patients opted for conservative treatment (3.6%). Ten patients had alternative treatment (9.1%).