Alaa Hussein Abed

MBChB, MSc, PhD in Community Medicine, FRSPH Basra University College of Science and Technology, Basra, Iraq

Publications

• Research Article   
  Age distribution and age shift of breast cancer patients visiting the basrah breast cancer center
  Author(s): Ahmed N. Abdulnabi, Sadiq Kassim Jassim* and Alaa Hussein Abed
  
  Background: Breast carcinoma is a common malignancy in women. It is the second leading cause of cancer death following bronchogenic carcinoma. The incidence of breast cancer is lower in the developing countries. The age at presentation, disease stage and pathological behaviour varies in between different countries. The mean age at presentation of breast cancer in developing countries one decade earlier than developed countries. This analytical study was conducted to explains the age distribution pattern of breast cancer in Basrah, Iraq. Patients and methods: A prospective analytical study of eight hundred twentyeight patients with breast cancer conducted in Iben Gaswan Teaching Hospital, Basrah, Iraq during the period between January 2007 and December 2018. The data were analysed concerning with the age at presentation, the mean and median age at diagnosis and annual percent.. Read More»
  

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