TY - JOUR ID - TI - How the Prevalence of Breast Carcinoma in Women Changed over 2009-2017, It’s Stage and Grade in Young Females in Iraqi City, Kerbala AU - Wafa'a R. AL-Sabbagh AU - Rasha Abd Al Raouf Neama Al Safi PY - 2019 VL - 12 IS - 1 SP - 4087 EP - 4093 JO - Karbala Journal of Medicine مجلة كربلاء الطبية SN - 19905483 29580889 AB - background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in females in general and it constitutes about one fourth of cancer cases in Iraq. Aim: the goal of this study is to follow the trends in breast cancer prevalence over the last nine years in Kerbala, to make a focus on the percentage of cases that occur in young and its characters. Materials and methods: The prevalence of breast cancer among general population and young females(≤ 40) over 2009-2017 was interpreted using descriptive statistics while staging and grading characters and their relation to the age was analyzed using Chi square program and p value. Results: annual increase in the number of cases was found over 2009-2017 with highest prevalence in 2016 (91 case).The mean for age was 50.7 and SD of 13.7. There was no significant difference in the percentage of young female carcinoma cases over the years (24%). Both grade III and stage III present at higher percentage in young female than old (23% vs. 5.9% for grade III and 50% vs. 30.5 for stage III), the results were near but did not reach the significant level statistically (p value 0.06, 0.07 respectively). Conclusion: the prevalence of breast carcinoma is increasing in Kerbala over the` years 2009-2017 with higher percentage is noted in young females than other developed countries and breast cancer in young female present at somewhat higher grade and stage.

ER -