EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF BREAST TUMORS IN IRANIAN PATIENTS
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy among women worldwide. Determination of related factors for pathological subtypes of breast tumors is essential to develop preventive strategies in this era. In this survey large number of breast tumor slides was assessed in a pathology referral center. Materials and methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 1100 medical existing data related to Armin referral pathology center in Tehran, Iran were assessed in a four-year period. Data were extracted and clinical and other variables were compared between benign and malignant lesions. Results: The mean (± standard deviation) age was 41.8 (13.55) years. Among patients, 93.9% were female and 6.1% were female. In 395 cases (35.9%) the lesions were malignant and in 705 cases (64.1%) those were benign. The most common types of benign lesions were fibrocystic changes (42.4%) and adenofibroma (27.9%) and the most common malignancy was invasive ductal carcinoma (88.1%). The lesions were left-sided, right-sided, and bilateral in 50.3%, 43%, and 6.7%, respectively. The mean lesion size was 2.4 (1.33) centimeters. The age, side of lesion, and gender were related to malignancy (P=0.01). The size was not related to type of lesion (P >0.05). Conclusions: Totally, according to the obtained results in this study it may be concluded that general characteristics and related factors of benign lesions in Iranian patients are similar to other worldwide reports.
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Jinus Manoochehri, Ali Abdollahi
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