Evaluation of risk Factors in young women diagnosed with Breast Cancer in Al-Amal Center, Sana'a, Yemen
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https://doi.org/10.65693/irss.2024.v5i1.168Keywords:
breast cancer, risk factors, women, YemenAbstract
Background: Breast cancer is a common public health problem and the main cause of cancer-related death worldwide. In Yemen, breast cancer is recorded as the most common cancer among women (30.3%) also the most common of all cancers (16.6%). Therefore, we aimed to evaluation of the known risk factors in young women aged between 20-30 years old diagnosed with breast cancer at Al-Amal Center and registered in the period between 2017-2022, in Sana'a, Yemen.
Subjects and Methods: Registered data of breast cancer patients were collected from the Al-Amal Center in Sana'a. Analysis of data was done by using the statistical package for social science (SPSS version 21).
Results: The study included a total of 67 female breast cancer cases that were registered in Al-Amal Center from 2017 to 2022. Their age between 20-30 years old, 78.1 % of them were married, 73.13% have regular menstruation, and 32.80% were taking oral contraceptives. 64.2% have parity. 19.4% have first consanguinity. 96% not do any screening test befor. 48.5% have a mass in the left breast and only 1.5% have a family history of breast cancer.
Conclusion: In this study, age, marital status, use of oral contraceptives, smoking, and chewing Khat were factors that increased breast cancer risk. Therefore, focusing on increasing awareness in the community such as a healthy diet, undergoing frequent breast cancer screening, and promoting breast self-examination is important for discovered the breast cancer and treatment in early stage that will reduce the increasing financial and healthy burden of patients.
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