بررسي ارتباط بين BMI با سرطان پستان در بيماران با تشخيص مثبت سرطان پستان در بيمارستانهاي اردبيل

عنوان انگليسی

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN POSITIVE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN ARDABILS HOSPITALS

خلاصه انگلیسی

Objective: Obesity is more than a beautify problem. Annually about 300000 death according to obesity is occurred in U.S.A. Obesity is an important risk factor for many diseases, and during adulthood how much the over weight in women is more, they are more at risk for various cancers especially breast cancer. The aim of this study is to determine to relationship between BMI and breast cancer in the patients with positive breast cancer. Materials & methods: This is the retrospective study that was done on all patients with positive breast cancer (47 cases) in Ardebil surgical hospitals (Fatemi, Arta, and Sabalan). Data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. Results: Results of this study are including: 65% over 40 years old, 96% female, 87% married, 88% urban, 81% illiterate, 75% housewife. 47% of patients had BMI>30 and 19% BMI<20. Final diagnosis of 3 cases was gyneocomastia that two ones of them were male. Conclusion: Results indicated that most of patients with breast cancer had overweight. So losing weight especially in women over 40 years old can be one of the effective methods for preventing of breast cancer.

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