ASSESMENT OF BODY MASS INDEX, WAIST HIP RATIO AND ESTROGEN RECEPTOR AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR STATUS IN PATIENT'S WITH BREAST CARCINOMA: CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

Breast cancer is a most common malignant condition of the mammary gland, affecting both males and females, with increased risk after the third decade and increasing its incidence with patient age, highest peak in fourth and fifth decade. worldwide it is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignant disease and cancer related deaths affecting women1,2 . Despite the decreased mortality 
rates attributable to breast cancer in women, the number of cases diagnosed has steadily increased over the past 30 years. This is believed to be due, at least in part, to an increased prevalence of obesity not only in the Western world, but also in other parts of the world where obesity has only recently reached epidemic proportions3