| dc.description.abstract | Background. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that can affect anyone, both women
and men. Breast cancer grows in the mammary glands, fat tissue, or in the
connective tissue of the breast. So far, breast cancer is still a frightening specter,
especially in women. Radiation therapy could be applied as treatment for breast
cancer patients at almost every stage. Objective. To identifying the indications of
someone with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy based on BMI,
histopathological classification, history of breastfeeding, history of previous
therapy, clinical stage, and age. Method. The following research applied a
descriptive research design with the observation method and was carried out in
total sampling applying secondary data derived from patient medical record data.
Results. The output of the research were conducted on 43 breast cancer patients
undergoing radiotherapy. The nutritional status of the majority of patients was
normal nutritional status of 21 people (48.8%), the majority of patients had
histopathological features of invasive ductal carcinoma of 32 people (74.4%),
patients with a history of breastfeeding suffered more breast cancer is 41 people
(95.3%), The majority of previous therapies applying chemotherapy were 42
(59.4%), most patients were in stage IIB as many as 18 people (41,9%), the most
frequently encountered patients were the early elderly age group of 17 people
(39.5%). Conclusion. Most of the characteristics of breast cancer patients
undergoing radiotherapy at H. Adam Malik General Hospital Medan during 2020-
2021 are with normal nutritional status, histopathological type of Invasive Ductal
Carcinoma, have a history of breastfeeding, previous therapies which is of
chemotherapy, are at stage IIB, age group early elderly. | en_US |
