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Shwana J J R S, Gad Z M, Elhafeez S S A, Ghareeb K A H, Shwana S, Al Talabani B G M, et al . An Epidemiological Study of Female Breast Cancer in Sulaymaniyah City, Iraqi Kurdistan. Tabari Biomed Stu Res J 2020; 2 (1) :13-21
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Jwan Jalal Rasheed shwana Shwana1 
, Zahira Metwally Gad2 , Samar Samy Abd Elhafeez2 , Khalid Anwar Hama Ghareeb * 
1, Shuann Shwana3 , Blind Goran Mustafa Al Talabani4 , Dlovan Ali Taha4 , Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari5 , Fattah Hama Rahim Fattah6 , Safeen Rasul Ali7 , Diya Dlshad Ali4
, Zahira Metwally Gad2 , Samar Samy Abd Elhafeez2 , Khalid Anwar Hama Ghareeb * 1, Shuann Shwana3 , Blind Goran Mustafa Al Talabani4 , Dlovan Ali Taha4 , Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari5 , Fattah Hama Rahim Fattah6 , Safeen Rasul Ali7 , Diya Dlshad Ali4
1- Research Department, General Directorate of Health, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
2- Epidemiology Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt.
3- Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, United Kingdom.
4- Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
5- Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
6- College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
7- General Directorate of Health, Head of the Planning Department, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
2- Epidemiology Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt.
3- Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, United Kingdom.
4- Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
5- Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
6- College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
7- General Directorate of Health, Head of the Planning Department, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
Abstract:
Introduction: The present study was aimed at describing the epidemiological characteristics of female breast cancer and explore its main risk factors in Sulaymaniyah city, the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Material and Methods: The present case-control study was conducted in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdistan region of Iraq from 2012-2014 in two hospitals. The study sample consisted of 150 women with breast cancer and 150 healthy women. Required data including sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, medical history, and reproductive factors were collected using a questionnaire through face-to-face interviews.
Results: The mean age of the cases and controls was 47.89±10.98 and 47.38±10.87 years respectively. Low level of education was a risk factor for breast cancer, such that breast cancer was significantly less prevalent among women with university education than those with lower education (P=0.001). The likelihood of developing breast cancer in women with a positive family history of cancer was significantly higher (P=0.003). Also, women with rural residency, unemployment, low income, early age of menopause, multigravida (+3), history of abortion, duration of feeding the first and second babies, and obesity were at a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The Kurdish women in Iraq, develop breast cancer at age range of 40-50 years. Women with low level of education, a positive family history of cancer, rural residency, unemployment, low income, multigravida (+3), history of abortion, and obesity need to be taken into special consideration in order to diagnose breast cancer early and adopt appropriate interventions.
Material and Methods: The present case-control study was conducted in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdistan region of Iraq from 2012-2014 in two hospitals. The study sample consisted of 150 women with breast cancer and 150 healthy women. Required data including sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, medical history, and reproductive factors were collected using a questionnaire through face-to-face interviews.
Results: The mean age of the cases and controls was 47.89±10.98 and 47.38±10.87 years respectively. Low level of education was a risk factor for breast cancer, such that breast cancer was significantly less prevalent among women with university education than those with lower education (P=0.001). The likelihood of developing breast cancer in women with a positive family history of cancer was significantly higher (P=0.003). Also, women with rural residency, unemployment, low income, early age of menopause, multigravida (+3), history of abortion, duration of feeding the first and second babies, and obesity were at a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The Kurdish women in Iraq, develop breast cancer at age range of 40-50 years. Women with low level of education, a positive family history of cancer, rural residency, unemployment, low income, multigravida (+3), history of abortion, and obesity need to be taken into special consideration in order to diagnose breast cancer early and adopt appropriate interventions.
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Epidemiology
Published: 2020/03/31 | ePublished: 2020/03/31
Published: 2020/03/31 | ePublished: 2020/03/31
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