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Volume 2, Issue 2 (Suppl)
Breast Can Curr Res
ISSN: 2572-4118 BCCR, an open access journal
Breast Cancer Summit 2017
May 08-10, 2017
May 08-10, 2017 Singapore
4
th
World Congress on
Breast Cancer
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, KSA
2
King Khalid Hospital, KSA
Objective:
The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence rates of common types of breast cancer in Northern Saudi Arabia.
Methodology:
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).
Results:
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.
Conclusion:
Ductal carcinoma is the prevalent breast cancer in Hail, KSA.
alighnnam0799@gmail.comHussain Gadelkarim Ahmed et al., Breast Can Curr Res 2017, 2:2(Suppl)
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2572-4118-C1-003