The clinicopathological and molecular landscape of breast cancer patients: a retrospective study in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among females and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women, with different management modalities. To determine the premenopausal BC patients' clinicopathological and molecular landscape. This retrospective study was conducted on 300 primary BC patients aged 25-50 years at Hiwa Hematology and Oncology Hospital, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, from January 2016 to May 2022. Patients underwent definitive management either before chemotherapy or after neo-adjuvant, and on regular follow-up. Patients were interviewed face to face using a well-designed questionnaire to collect the data, including the type of BC and hormonal status. In this study, most of the studied patients were married (90.3%), aged 45-50 years at diagnosis (36%), aged 13-14 ye

SUBMITTER: Abdulla Mohammed Ameen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12368224 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature