A pathologic study on breast biopsy in Zabol medical university of sciences hospital in 2014

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women both in the developed and developing countries. It is estimated that worldwide over 508,000 women died in 2011 due to breast cancer Although breast cancer is thought to be a disease of the developed countries, almost 50% of breast cancer cases and 58% of deaths occur in developing countries. The purpose of this research was to study pathologic features of Patients with breast cancer in Zabol medical university hospital in 2014. In this crosssectional study, pathologic reports of breast biopsies were collected from pathology department of Zabol medical university in 2014. Final information examined by descriptive statistics tests using SPSS22 software for analysis. The mean age of the patients at diagnosis was 37.45years (range,18- 80years). Out of 20 breast biopsies obtained in 2014, 40% reported as fibroadenoma, 10% reported as gynecomastia, 10% reported as lipoma, 10% reported as invasive ductal carcinoma(ICD-O C:50.9/M:8500/3)and 5%reported as medullary carcinoma(ICD-O C:50.9 E:8510/3). The future worldwide breast cancer burden will be strongly influenced by large predicted rises in incidence throughout parts of Asia due to an increasingly westernised lifestyle. Efforts are underway to reducethe global disparities in survival for women with breast cancer using cost-effective interventions.

Keywords:

Pathologic study , breast biopsy