Breastt cancer iin Hadhramoutt Secttor - Yemen

Abstract

Objective: To describe the pattern and distribution of breast cancer among patients registered at Hadhramout Cancer Centre in Al-Mukalla city. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively to describe the pattern and distribution of breast cancer among registered cases at the Hadhramout Cancer Centre, in Al-Mukalla, for the period from January 2006 to December 2011. Data was collected using Can-Reg program and statistacally analyzed via SPSS program version 18 for age, sex, residence, breast affected and the histology. Results: The study included 494 patients with breast cancer, 483 were females (97.7%) and 11 were males (2%), with male to female ratio of 2:1. The mean age was 48.87 years (range:40-60 years). 123 (24.8%) of the females were below the age of 40, 28 cases (5.6%) below the age of 30 while all the males were above 40 years. Most of the cases (84.4%) were confirmed histopathologically. The most common histopathological type was the Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (47.5%). Conclusions: The main histopathological type was infiltrating ductal carcinoma. About 25% of the patients were below the age of 40. Our results generally indicate that the pattern of our cases bear similarities with the Arab' data with some differences from the other parts of Yemen that necceciate further evaluation.