ASSESSING BREAST DISORDERS AND FEASIBILITY OF BREAST-I LED MACHINE AMONG WOMEN OF RURAL AREA OF CHANDIGARH, INDIA

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in India causing highest cancer deaths in India as per GLOBOCAN 2018. Early diagnosis and treatment helps in improving prognosis and prolonging life. BREAST-i LED machine is one of the technology, for screening breast cancer at early stage. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of BREAST-i LED machine to screen breast cancer. Methods: Across-sectional study was conducted on 300 convenient selected women in the age group of 30-60 years. Data was collected by house-to-house survey and all the women in surveyed house were registered for the study. They were interviewed as per the interview schedule comprised of a) Socio-demographic profile b) reproductive profile c) cancer related history and sign/symptoms. . By using BREAST-i LED machine the breast examination was done and the clinical breast examination was done there after to screen any sign of breast cancer. Identified cases were referred for confirmation of diagnosis. The data entry and analysis was done on SPSS (version 20). Results: The majority of the participants were between the age of 40-50years (42%) and majority of them (89.33%) began their menstruation between the age of 11-15 years. More than half (53.66%) had their first pregnancy between the age of 21-30years More than half (58%) had not attained their menopause and 99.3% had no family history of breast cancer. A high level of suspicion of breast cancer using Breast-i-LED instrument was found among four women (1.33%). Same results were observed by clinical breast examinations as well. These women were referred for further confirmation of diagnosis. Conclusion: BREAST-i LED machine can be used in community for quick screening of suspicion of breast cancer.