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World Congress on
October 16-18, 2017 | San Francisco, USA
Breast Cancer & Therapy
Volume 2, Issue 5 (Suppl)
Breast Can Curr Res, an open access journal
Breast Cancer Congress 2017
October 16-18, 2017
Epidemiologic patterns of breast cancer in Northern Saudi Arabia
Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed
1
, Kalaf Jazekalaf Alshammeri
1
, Ali Ghannam Alrashdi
1
, Sami Awejan Alrashedi
1
, Laila Salah Seada
2
and
Ibraheem M Ashankyty
1
1
University of Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA)
2
King Khalid Hospital, KSA
T
he aim of this study was to find out the prevalence rates of common types of breast cancer in Northern Saudi Arabia. A
retrospective cohort study was carried out over a five-year period in two referral hospitals. In this study 257 files were retrieved
from departments of Surgery from different hospitals in Hail region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Of the 257 samples diagnosed
using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), histopathological diagnosis was confirmed for 158 patients. Of the 158 diagnosed
samples, 46/158 (23.2%) were ductal carcinoma, 7/158(4.4%) were lobular carcinoma, 3/158(1.9%) were mixed tumors, and 102/158
(64.6) were fibroadenoma. Ductal carcinoma is the prevalent breast cancer in Hail, KSA.
alighnnam0799@gmail.comBreast Can Curr Res 2017, 2:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2572-4118-C1-012