PREDICTIVE VALUES OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FINGER AND PALMAR DERMATOGLYPHICS IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER FOR BOSNIAN-HERZEGOVINIAN POPULATION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 24
Abstract
BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and this is a serious public health problem. Since the use of dermatoglyphics has a long history of application in different scientific fields, the objective of this research was to find possible relation between the finger and palmar dermatoglyphic patterns and breast cancer risk in females with no breast cancer within the Bosnian-Herzegovinian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included a case group of 100 female patients with pathohistologically confirmed breast cancer and 132 healthy volunteer women as a control group with no familiar history of any type of cancers. Sampling was performed across Bosnia and Herzegovina using the Printake method. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of fingers and palms of both hands was performed. RESULTS A pattern of less than six finger loops was found more frequently in breast cancer patients than in the control group. The ATD angle and the b-c ridge count were increased in breast cancer patients in comparison with healthy subjects. CONCLUSION Dermatoglyphic analysis in combination with the assessment of other risk factors may be used as a cheap and non-invasive method in the prediction of breast cancer development.
Authors and Affiliations
Jasmin Musanovic, Azra Metovic, Esad Pepic, Dina Kapic, Damir Rebic, Orhan Lepara
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