2022, Volume 15, Issue 10, pp 1318 – 1321

Breast cancer: age incidence, hormone receptor status and family history in Najaf, Iraq

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Corresponding Author: Hasan Khalaf, Department of General Surgery, Kufa Medical College, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq. E-mail: hasankhalaf88@yahoo.com

Abstract

Breast cancer is the primary type of cancer affecting women. Patients with hormone receptor-positive cells have lower mortality rates. Both chemotherapy and hormone therapy can improve the survival rate. This study aimed to evaluate the hormonal receptor status in female breast cancer and assess the relationship with the patient’s age and family history in Najaf, Iraq. A prospective study of two-hundred and fifty-one women with mastectomies (for cancers) was performed at AL Sader Medical City from January 2019 to January 2021. We collected and analyzed data regarding the age of patients, site and size of the tumor, number of pregnancies, family history, weight, smoking, and hormone receptor status. The average age of patients was 48 years, and the peak incidence was in the 40–49 age group (30.27% of patients). Of all age groups, 48.6% (122 patients) were negative for all hormone receptors (triple negative), and only 22.70% had a positive family history. The peak incidence of cancer in our study was in the 40–49 years group. A high proportion of the hormone receptors for patients were negative (triple-negative), and most patients had a negative family history.

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PMC ID: 9675305
PubMed ID: 36420288
DOI: 10.25122/jml-2022-0296

Article Publishing Date (print): 10 2022
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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