Volume 3(3): 066-069 (2011) - 066 J Cancer Sci Ther ISSN:1948-5956 JCST, an open access journal Open Access Research Article Pakseresht et al. J Cancer Sci Ther 2011, 3:3 DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000060 Keywords: Quality of life; Women; Breast cancer Abbreviations: QOL: Quality of life; LNH: Lok Nayak Hospital; OPD: Out Patient Department; FNAC: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytol- ogy; QOL-CS: Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors; US: United States; UK: United Kingdom; SD: Standard Deviation Introduction Te burden of breast cancer is increasing in both developed and developing countries. [1-3]. Despite the rising incidence of breast cancer, mortality from the disease has declined recently in some countries, including the US and UK [4]. Breast cancer is a serious, stressful and life-threatening disease. It is assumed that the diagnosis of cancer evokes far greater distress than many other diseases, regardless of prognosis. Breast cancer survivors increasingly experience long-term side efects that infuence their quality of life [5,6]. Quality of life typically involves the assessment of several dimensions: physical well being, psychological well-being, social well-being, and spiritual well-being [7,8]. Although quality of life ultimately depends on the outcome of treatment; there is always something medical team can do to improve it even at the end of life [9,10]. Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of cancer have led to an increase in cancer survival and hence, there is a greater emphasis on quality beside quantity of survival [11]. However little is known about the QOL of survivors. Te current study was carried out to asses the Quality of life of women with breast cancer at the time of diagnosis. Tis study discusses the physical, psychological, social and spiritual well-being domains of QOL in breast cancer patients at the time of diagnosis. Methods Study Design: Descriptive Study; A case series of patients studied at the time of diagnosis. Study Setting: Te present study was conducted at Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India. LNH is a 1600 bedded teaching hospital attached to Maulana Azad Medical College, located in the central part of Delhi. Te hospital provides services to more than one million patients per year from Delhi and neighboring states. Study period: Te study was conducted from January 2006 to May 2007; Period of data collection was 17 months. Study subjects: All the women with primary breast cancer, detected in surgery Out Patient Department (OPD), were included in the study. Inclusion criteria: All the newly detected primary breast cancer female cases. Exclusion criteria: Patients with past history or recurrence of breast cancer ,patients having metastasis at the time of diagnosis, patients with reconstructive surgery, patients with severe psychiatric illness, patients with any other cancer. Methodology: Te diagnosis of breast cancer was made by the surgeon on the basis of physical examination and FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology)/Core Biopsy report. Afer the diagnosis, the informed consent was taken from each of the patient and was interviewed using pre-tested, pre-structured and semi-coded pro- forma. Te investigator has taken the help of a trained person who could communicate in local language with the subjects. Interview of each patient took approximately 45 to 60 minutes to complete the questionnaire. *Corresponding author: Sedigheh Pakseresht, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, Tel: 00989113315015; E-mail: spakseresht@yahoo.com, paksersht@yahoo.com Received November 19, 2010; Accepted January 25, 2011; Published February 04, 2011 Citation: Pakseresht S, Ingle GK, Garg S (2011) Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer at the Time of Diagnosis in New Delhi. J Cancer Sci Ther 3: 066- 069. doi:10.4172/1948-5956.1000060 Copyright: © 2011 Pakseresht S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Background: Breast cancer survivors increasingly experience long-term side effects that infuence their quality of life. The current study was carried out to asses the Quality of life of women with breast cancer at the time of diagnosis. Methods: This is a descriptive study; a case series of patients studied. The study was conducted at Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India; from January 2006 to May 2007. 172 women with new primary breast cancer were included in the study. Quality of Life - Cancer Survivor’s (QOL-CS) instrument was used. Results: The mean score of overall QOL was 6.04. The mean score of the social well-being was 4.61 and was the lowest among all the domains. The mean score of spiritual well-being was 7.34, and physical well-being 7.24 and psychological well-being 4.98. Conclusion : Among all the domains the mean score was the lowest in the social well-being. The mean score of spiritual well-being was highest. Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer at the Time of Diagnosis in New Delhi Pakseresht S 1 *, Ingle G K 2 and Garg S 2 1 Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran 2 Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy J o u r n a l o f C a n c e r S c i e n c e & T h e r a p y ISSN: 1948-5956