scholarly journals Breast cancer in south-east Republic of Yemen

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (06) ◽  
pp. 1012-1016
Author(s):  
G. Abdul Hamid ◽  
M. S. Tayeb ◽  
A. A. Bawazir

A retrospective study of breast cancer was carried out using the treatment registry of Aden Health Office and archives of Al-Gamhoria Teaching Hospital from January 1989 to December 1996 and the records of patients registered at Aden Cancer Centre from January 1997 to December 1998. The data analysed included age, sex, residence, breast affected and type of cancer. There were 227 patients with breast cancer registered between January 1989 and December 1998; 225 were female and 2 were male. Most of the patients [81.5%] had infiltrating ductal carcinoma. About 90% of the patients had lymph node involvement. The age groups most affected were 30-39 years and 40-49 years.

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-448
Author(s):  
Adrienne Pratti Lucarelli ◽  
Maria Marta Martins ◽  
Vilmar Marques Oliveira ◽  
Maria Antonieta Longo Galv ◽  
Joao Marcelo Guedes ◽  
...  

Thrita ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Mohammadhosseini ◽  
Ahmad Majd ◽  
Hamidreza Mirzaei ◽  
Mona Farhadi ◽  
Nasrin Shayanfar

Background: Breast cancer has the highest mortality rate, second to gastric cancer, among Iranian women and is one of the most common cancers in the world. The incidence of breast cancer in women is increasing gradually. Meanwhile, ductal breast carcinoma experiences more increases than other malignancies and is one of the most important health problems. Objectives: This study aimed at evaluating women with ductal breast carcinoma because of the significance of pathological factors and their association with breast cancer progression. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted using data of ductal breast carcinoma women during the years 2018 and 2019. In this cross-sectional study, demographic data (age, sex, and pathology of breast mass) of 50 patients referring to Rasoul Akram hospital (Tehran, Iran) were gathered. Then, the data were analyzed by SPSS 26 software using the t test and Levene's test. The results were presented using descriptive statistics. Results: Fifty patients with ductal carcinoma were assessed based on their pathological information. The examination of factors including tumor size, involvement/non-involvement of lymph nodes, histological grade, and age of patients revealed a significant direct relationship between tumor size and lymph node involvement (P


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