Epidemiological features of breast cancer A retrospective study Part II: the odd risk of marital status and reproductive patterns

ABSTRACT

Retrospective case control study was chosen as the method of the study for this work. The index sample was female patients who attended the Alexandria University Main Hospital at the Surgical and Radiotherapy department as well as the medical Research Institute during the year 1982-1983 [n=174]. The control group included 171 patients from the same hospital thoroughly examined to exclude the presence of breast lump. The aim of this work is to reveal the effect of the reproductive pattern including marital status, pregnancy differentials and the outcome of pregnancy on the breast cancer. The result of this study revealed that only the age of mother at conception and the occurrence of abortion are significantly related to breast cancer