PREVALENCE OF UNI-FOCAL BREAST CANCER ACCORDING TO THE QUADRANTS AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TYPE OF THE TUMORS

Mahabad Abdalaziz Salih; Nawa Abdalhameed M Amin; Kawa Abdullah Mahmood; Abeer kadum Abass Alzuhairy; Lana R. A. Pshtiwan

doi:10.46903/gjms/22.01.1519

PREVALENCE OF UNI-FOCAL BREAST CANCER ACCORDING TO THE QUADRANTS AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TYPE OF THE TUMORS

Mahabad Abdalaziz Salih, Nawa Abdalhameed M Amin, Kawa Abdullah Mahmood, Abeer kadum Abass Alzuhairy, Lana R. A. Pshtiwan

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common and deadly diseases in women, and its prevalence is rising. Breast mammography being the first tool in diagnosis of suspicious breast masses. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of uni-focal Breast cancer according to different quadrants of the breast and histopathological type of the tumors.

Materials & Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study conducted from Jan 2021 to Sep 2022, at the breast center in Shar hospital located in Sulaymaniyah, the North of Iraq. Convenience sampling method was used and the study enrolled 140 female patients who had biopsy proven uni-focal Breast cancer. For each female patient, specific information were gathered from their data including their basic demographics and their pathological tumor profiles. The malignancy quadrants depending on mammography and ultrasound examinations were used to assess the site of quadrant specific breast cancer.

Results: In this study, the patients’ diagnostic age ranged between 25 to 91 years old, with a mean diagnosis range of 49.8 years. Among the included cases, 78 patients were premenopausal (56%) and 62 patients were post-menopausal (44%). The results of our study showed that the majority of tumors in uni-focal BCs were found in Upper Outer Quadrant +Axillary tail (60%). The tumor type according to the true-cut biopsy results showed that Invasive Ductal Carcinoma recorded highest incidence which was 122 cases (87.1%), followed by the Ductal Carcinoma Insitu 9 cases (6.4%), and Invasive Lobular Carcinoma 9 patients (6.4%).

Conclusion: The rate of breast cancer was slightly greater in premenopausal women than in postmenopausal women in this investigation. Our study revealed that the majority of uni-focal breast cancers are located in the upper outer quadrant and axillary tail.

Keywords

Breast Cancer; Mammography; Quadrant Breast Cancer; Uni-focal Breast Cancer.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46903/gjms/22.01.1519