اپیدمیولوژی توده های پستانی در بیماران مراجعه کننده به بیمارستان فاطمی شهر اردبیل

عنوان انگليسی

Epidemiological evaluation of breastmasses in patients operated in Fatemi hospital of Ardebil during 2002-2012

خلاصه انگلیسی

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of developing countries. In comparison with other developed countries, Iranian women are suffered from breast cancer one decade earlier. The aim of present study was to epidemiological evaluation of breast masses in patients referred to Fatemi hospital of Ardebil. The study population consisted of 190 female patients with breast masses referred for biopsy for diagnostic or surgical intervention for treatment during years 2002-2012 in surgery section of Fatemi hospital. Data were collected using patients’ documents archived in hospital and recorded in the questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS. T-test and chi square tests were used to compare the quantitative and qualitative variables, respectively. The age range of patients was 15-86 years old with average of 36.80 and standard deviation 15.04. The average age was 32.5 ± 16.02 and 43.4 ± 13.1 in patients with benign and malignant tumors respectively. The most of patients were up to 40 years old (47%). The maximum prevalence of benign and malignant masses was in age range 20-30 years old (46 patients) and 40 years old (54 patients), respectively. The most prevalent malignancy (54 patients, 72.9%) was invasive ductal carcinoma. Obesity, hyperlipidemia, OCP consumption were the most common risk factors for breast cancer. Epidemiologic paradigm of breast cancer in Ardebil was different from other reports which needs to other studies to better treatment. Keywords: epidemiology, breast masses, breast cancer, risk factors.

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