European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

BREAST CANCER - STATISTICAL DATA FOR PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER IN THE PERIOD FROM 2009 TO 2018 IN EASTERN MACEDONIA

Jihe Zhu, Blagica Arsovska and Kristina Kozovska*

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy. Globally, it is most common cancer in women, affecting about 10% of the female population at some stage in their lives. In addition to efforts to achieve early detection and effective treatment, about 20% of breast cancer patients die from this disease. We have witnessed a large number of infected women, but what is even more worrying is the fact that these are women from a younger population. Тhe purpose of this research is to get acquainted with this disease which is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women, defining the causes that lead to an increasing number of deaths from breast cancer and the role of the doctors in the prevention and early diagnosis of diseases. For this research was used analytical – descriptive method on the data taken from the Center for Public Health – Shtip (Shtip, Probishtip, Radovish) in the period from 2009 to 2018. According to the processed data, there is a growing number of deaths from breast cancer in this modern society. The disease endangers a woman's life which leads to disruption of her femininity, her physical health, her mental health and if not diagnosed in time leads to a fatal outcome. The need to conduct campaigns to raise awareness of women is inevitable, as well the approach of doctors in education, prevention and early diagnosis of this disease.

Keywords: Cancer, breast, women, prevention, diagnostics.