Postoperative pain in breast cancer surgery

By Souad Karima NEMOUCHE

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Worldwide in 2018, the number of new cases of breast cancer was 2 million (11.6% of all cancers) with a breast cancer mortality rate of 627 thousand (6.6% of all cancer deaths) 1]. This mortality is higher in developing countries. In North Africa and in 2012, the incidence of breast cancer was 43.2 new cases per 100,000 women, with a mortality of 17.4 /100,000 Women 1].In Algeria, the incidence of breast cancer is clearly growing, it increased from 62.4 new cases per 100,000 women in 2008 to 88 new cases per 100,000 women in 2017 2]. Breast cancer is the first female cancer (42% of female cancers) and the first cause of cancer mortality 3].The cancer rate has doubled in the last twenty years, this incidence is explained by demographic changes, increased life expectancy, environmental degradation and toxic habits especially tobacco 4].At the Pierre and Marie Curie Center (CPMC), there were 400 new

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6205925281
• ISBN13: 9786205925287
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"