Association between epidemiological and clinico-pathological features of breast cancer with prognosis, family history, Ki-67 proliferation index and survival in Tunisian breast cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer has different epidemio-clinical characteristics in Middle East and North-African populations compared to those reported in the Western countries. The aim of this study is to analyze the epidemiological and clinico-pathological features of breast cancer in Tunisia and to determine prognostic factors with special interest to family history, Ki-67 proliferation index and comorbidity. We retrospectively reviewed epidemiological and clinico-pathological data from patients' medical records, treated in the Medical Oncology Department at Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, in the period 2011-2015. Data has been collected on 602 breast cancer patients and analyzed using SPSS software V.23.0. Our study showed high fractions of young breast cancer patients and cases with dense breasts. The most

SUBMITTER: Mighri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467370 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature