Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020
A comparison of epidemiological characteristics in breast cancer patients and healthy women in Baghdad and Misan province
Kawakeb N Abdulla1♦, Saba Jassim Alheshimi2, Anwar Ahmed Mohammed3
1Iraqi National Cancer Research Center, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
2Lecturer of Gynecology and Obstetrics, college of medicine, Misan University, Iraq
3Head of obstetric and Gynecology department, Fatima Al-Zahraa maternity and Pediatric Hospital, Iraq
♦Corresponding author
Iraqi National Cancer Research Center, University of Baghdad,
Baghdad, Iraq;
Email: kawakeb.n.abdulla@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
2Lecturer of Gynecology and Obstetrics, college of medicine, Misan University, Iraq
3Head of obstetric and Gynecology department, Fatima Al-Zahraa maternity and Pediatric Hospital, Iraq
Iraqi National Cancer Research Center, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq; Email: kawakeb.n.abdulla@gmail.com
Objective: the assessment of the main sociodemographic, clinical, and pathological data for breast cancer patients, within two
referral hospitals in Iraq. Methods: A retrospective study carried out in two governates in Iraq (Baghdad, and Misan). The data were
extracted from the patient’s medical record. The study carried out in two referral hospitals (Medical City Teaching Hospital in
Baghdad province, and Al-Sader Teaching Hospital in Misan province). Hormonal receptor status, Her2 status, and demographical
data were collected. Results: The study included 646 women diagnosed with BC, 320 patients were from Baghdad governate while
326 from Misan governate. The mean age was 50.9 ± 8.0 years, with 50.2% between the age of 50 – 64 years and 47.2% between the
age of 35 – 49 years. Additionally; 79.1% was married, 37.3% was menopaused, 24.6% was null parity, 78.8% had an urban residency,
28.8% used oral contraceptive method, 12.4% had a family history of BC. In terms of histopathological features, 72.3%, 75.7%, and
17.3% were ER-positive, PR positive, and Her2 positive. There was no significant difference in demographic, pathological features,
tumor characteristics between patients from both governates. Conclusions: The Mean age of women with breast cancer was in the
sixth decade of life, more than 70% had positive estrogen and progesterone receptor status, no difference was found Baghdad and
Misan governate in patient's characteristics indicating breast cancer behavior is similar in various region of Iraq.
Keywords: Breast cancer, Iraq, demographic data, pathological features
Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 2997-3002
