medicine
Hayder Hashim Abdulsamad; Mazin H Al-Hawwaz
Abstract
Metastatic breast cancer is the second most common cancer associated with brain metastases;it has become a major life-limiting problem in those patients with metastatic breast cancer.This study aimed to detect early brain metastasis and intent to manage so to decrease disability and mortality in patients ...
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Metastatic breast cancer is the second most common cancer associated with brain metastases;it has become a major life-limiting problem in those patients with metastatic breast cancer.This study aimed to detect early brain metastasis and intent to manage so to decrease disability and mortality in patients with breast cancer.This is a retrospective study analysing patients with metastatic breast cancer during the period from February 2018 to August 2019 at Basrah Oncology Centre which is the main tertiary referral hospital serving the southern part of Iraq. During the study duration (around 18 months), we found that risk factors for developing brain metastasis are tumour size, nodal involvement, tumour grade, hormone receptor (if negative), human epidermal growth factor2 (If positive) and radiotherapy (if not given as adjuvant) .In conclusion, the tumour size, grade, nodal involvement, whether the hormone receptors positive or negative, and if the patient received radiotherapy or not, all are predictive factors tobe considered, so patients should have appropriate imaging technique.
Mazin H Al-Hawwaz; Hayder Hashim Abdulsamad; Rajaa Ahmed Mahmoud
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women around the age of menopause. With an advice from WHO, screening programs are encouraged globally for detection of the breast cancer in early stage using mammography imaging technique that is used to understand the breast health and early ...
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Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women around the age of menopause. With an advice from WHO, screening programs are encouraged globally for detection of the breast cancer in early stage using mammography imaging technique that is used to understand the breast health and early detection of breast lumps.The study aimed to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of breast cancer screened cases among women aged above 35 years in Basrah with studying the time trend of registered breast cancer cases in Basrah from 2014 to 2020. In addition, it also aimed to detect malignant cases among Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) 1 & 2 breast cancer screened cases. This is a database descriptive study using mammography medical records of women attended to Basrah Cancer screening Center in Basrah Teaching Hospital. A total of 448 female patients who had histopathological result indicating breast cancer and were classified according to mammogram (BI-RADS) grading methodology in the period 2014-2020. The study found that above 55 years of age multipara women were the highest group affected by breast cancer. Most importantly, malignancy was detected in 20% of breast cancer cases that were categorized as BIRAD 1 & 2.In conclusion, women with BIRAD 1 & 2 should be included in active follow-up examinations to detect any little risk that the lesions are malignant.Key words: Breast Cancer, Basrah, BIRAD, mammography screen