@Article{, title={Association of Pregnancy Loss with Breast Cancer in Babil Governorate’s Women}, author={Shurooq Faisal Lefta and Asmaa Kadhim}, journal={Medical Journal of Babylon مجلة بابل الطبية}, volume={19}, number={1}, pages={15-20}, year={2022}, abstract={Background: The most common type of cancer among females is breast cancer. Throughout 2016, 897 women died from that disease whichis recorded as the first cause of cancer‑related mortality among Iraqi females after bronchogenic cancer (Annual Statistical Report 2016); ithas been proposed that an interrupted pregnancy might increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer since breast cells could proliferate without thelater protective effect of differentiation. Previous cross‑sectional studies revealed a considerable lack of knowledge regarding the risk factors.Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the possible significant association between female breast cancer and pregnancy lossin Babil governorate’s women. Materials and Methods: This was a case–control study which was conducted at oncology unit in MerjanTeaching Hospital and Babylon Teaching Hospital for maternity and children. A sample of 50 patients with established breast cancer and100 healthy women without breast cancer as the control study group. Data were collected by interviewing both groups using a questionnaireabout sociodemographic characteristics, reproductive factors, and medical history of other disease. Data were analyzed using the SPSSsoftware version 25, and P ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The most common type of breast cancer is invasive ductalcarcinoma (48%) followed by ductal carcinoma in situ (34%) and then invasive lobular carcinoma (18%). Most of our patient diagnosed atStage II and III (80%) with a mean age at the diagnosis 50.36 ± 5.84. Among all study variables, only early menopausal age is a risk factor forbreast cancer in our patients; P < 0.001. There was no significant association between breast cancer and other reproductive factors, demographiccharacters, and chronic diseases. Conclusion: In Babil governorate’s women, this study shows no statistically significant difference in pregnancyloss between breast cancer patients and healthy control group. The most common breast cancer is invasive ductal carcinoma, and most of thepatients present at Stage II and III. Among the study variable, only early age of menopause is a risk factor for breast cancer.

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