Various Aspects, Patterns and Risk Factors in Breast Cancer Patients of Balochistan

Purpose: Breast cancer is the commonest malignancy of females throughout the world with one million newcases each year. In Pakistan, the burden of breast cancer disease is high with late stage presentation being acommon feature, more than half being stage III or stage IV. The objective of this study was to study variousaspects, patterns and risk factors in breast cancer patients of Balochistan.
Method: Present study was performedon 134 patients of breast cancer who were registered in CENAR. The patients were interviewed by providing aquestionnaire. Informed consent was taken from all the patients who took part in this study after explanation ofthe study aims. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated andbiopsy reports were obtained from patients files. Allthe cases were classified with respect to age, gender, ethnic group (Baloch, Pashtoon, Punjabi, Afghani, Hazara)BMI, cancer type, cancer grade, hormonal status, side of the cancer, fertility and marital status.
Results: Outof 134 patients, the most common ethnic group was Pashtoon with a total of 42 and the common age group was41-50 years with a total of 51. Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) was the most common type, accounting for in128 patients (95.5%) followed by invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC).
Conclusion: Pashtoon was the most commonethnic group, IDC was common type and most of the patients had an ER/PR positive hormonal status.