Introduction: Breast cancer kills approximately 40,000 women globally annually (American cancer society, 2006). Globally, more than 1.2 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year (WHO, 2006). The incidence of breast cancer in HIV/AIDS infected women is not well documented because previously they could die before detection or before development of breast cancer. With the introduction of HAART, these patients now live long and have all the chance to develop breast cancer like other women in general population. HIV positive women with breast cancer suffers a double burden of chronic diseases hence the necessity of this study.
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