Risk Factors of Breast Cancer among Premenopausal Women in Al-Mosul City of Iraq

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is a multifactorial disease where genetic suitability, environmental, nutrition, and other lifestyle risk factor interact better identification of modifiable risk factors and risk reduction of breast cancer may allow implementation of valuable strategies for prevention Objective: This is to determine the risk factor of breast cancer among women in Mosul city and its significance of it on breast cancer development. Method: Case-control study was conducted at Al-khansaa hospital Breast cancer Screening center/ Hazem AL-Hafeth hospital. The total sample was (120) and was divided into (80) women without breast cancer as control and (40) women with breast cancer as case, and all cases should have positive histopathology based on fine-needle aspiration cytology and positive histopathology examination of excisional biopsy the control should not have any history of a breast problem. Result: The result revealed that women with breast cancer have high age(18.5%) compared with control and that majority of cases were not highly educated, which is also a risk factor for breast cancer and that breast ca. increase in women with early menarche, smoking, having a first-degree relative with breast ca. or with colon cancer, eating fatty diet, previous lump resection strongly associated with breast cancer while address, breast lactation, occupation is, using an oral contraceptive, number of children or abortion is not a protective factor, and that hormonal replacement therapy is not a risk. Conclusion: It can be concluded from this study that age, early menarche, smoking fatty diet, previous lump resection, first-degree relative with breast or colon cancer is a significant risk factor for breast cancer.