Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in the City of Douala: A Case Control Study

• 作者: Engbang Ndamba Jean Paul Essome Henri Mboudou Telesphore Emile Mve Koh Valère Sukam Noutadjeu Diane Sara
• 来源期刊: 乳腺癌(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Breast Cancer Factors of Risk City of Douala
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（3）
• 页码范围: 66-77
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

<strong>Background:</strong><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The breast cancer is an abnormal proliferation of mammary gland cells. This condition as well as other cancers is globally increasing in the world. It is the most frequent malignancy of women in the world and is a public health problem. Generally in Africa and central Africa in particular, few studies have been realized in search of risk factors of breast cancer. It’s all in this optical we began the study to determine the risk factors of this disease in the city of Douala. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients and Methods: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">We conducted a case-control </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">study, gave retrospectives collect on five years and prospectives collect on seven</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> months. The studied population was all women aged 18 years and above with breast cancer diagnostic on histological plan for cases;and women from 18 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">years or more with normal physical examination and mammography. W</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e h</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ave done our research in three reference hospitals of the city of Douala and</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> two laboratories of pathological anatomy. The data were collected at the search</span><span> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">files and the patients where interviewed. The parameters studied were: socio-demographic profile, clinic and Para clinic parameters, and the histological type. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">At the end of this study, breast cancer is predominantly on young women in the city of Douala with a middle age of 44.08 ± 2.6 years. The most significant risk factors were age, age of the first birth ≥ 30 years, age of the first sexual act ≤ 18 years, low economic level, tobacco, hormon