Reproductive Risk Factors of Breast Cancer in Erbil Aziz Sherwan1,*, Zangana Abdulqadir2, Al-Tawil Namir3 1MBChB, MSc., Lecturer in the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University 2MBChB, CABS-FICS. Professor of Surgery, Erbil Teaching Hospital 3MBChB, FICMS/CM, Professor of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University *Corresponding Author: Sherwan Aziz, Lecturer in the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Email: sherwangarota@yahoo.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cancer that threatens life of women all over the world, in Iraq breast cancer has become the second leading cause of death among women after cardiovascular diseases, with a cancer-related mortality rate of 23%. The objectives of the study is to find out the reproductive risk factors of breast cancer in the pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women. Patients and Method A case-control study was conducted in Erbil Breast Center, and Erbil Teaching Hospital in Erbil city-Kurdistan-Iraq, between the 1st of September 2016 and the 30th of April 2018. Cases were breast cancer patients who had visited Erbil Breast Center. Controls were women who have visited the surgical consultation unit in Erbil Teaching Hospital for surgical problems other than breast. Results Out of 136 breast cancer patients, 91 (66.91%) were pre-menopausal, 44 (32.35%) were postmenopausal, and one case (0.74%) underwent hysterectomy at 42 years old. Out of the 150 non breast cancer women; 110 (73%) were premenopausal women and 33 (22%) were postmenopausal, and 7 (5%) women underwent hysterectomy. Early menarche was a risk factor for breast cancer in pre-menopausal women only, while post-menopausal women having < 3 children were at increased risk for breast cancer. Conclusions Reproductive risk factors association with breast cancer are more important for post menopausal breast cancer than for pre-menopausal breast cancer. Top Keywords Breast cancer, women, malignancy, Erbil. Top |