Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020

Management and outcomes of women with breast cancer in Hail Region, Northern Saudi Arabia

Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed^1,2,3♦, Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbali⁴, Abdullah Fahad Abdullah AL Gharbi¹, Jamal Ahmed Abdullah AL Marshadi¹, Muteb Nasser AL Awad¹, Muhannad Saud A. AL Shammari¹, Anas Abdulgader Fathuldeen¹

¹Collage of Medicine, University of Hail, Hai’l, Saudi Arabia
²Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Therapeutics Unit, University of Ha’il, KSA
³Department of Histopathology and Cytology, CMLS, University of Khartoum, Sudan
⁴Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical sciences, Jouf University, Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Collage of Medicine 2440, University of Hail, Hai’l, Saudi Arabia. Email: hussaingad5@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Identification of breast cancer-related factors, such as cancer type and stage of diagnosis are important determinants of breast cancer overall management and outcomes. Therefore, the present study aimed to highlight the breast cancer management style and outcomes in Northern Saudi Arabia. Methodology: In the present study data regarding breast cancer were retrieved from the Department of surgery at King Khalid Hospital, Hai’l, Northern Saudi Arabia. Data referring to breast cancer patients who were diagnosed during the period from 2015 to 2018 were included. Results: More than 63% of the patients were diagnosed at stages ≥ III. Histopathology diagnosis confirmed ductal carcinoma in 82% of the patients, Lobular carcinoma in 15% of the patients, and mixed carcinomas in 3%. Conclusion: Breast cancer still detected at advanced stages, which strongly affects survival rates in some parts of Saudi Arabia. There is no clear management model in Hail Region, northern Saudi Arabia, which might negatively affect the level of Survival.

Keywords: Breast cancer, Saudi Arabia, management, outcomes, survival, chemotherapy

Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 952-959

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