Breast Cancer Survival Rate; Clinico-Pathological Correlation in Duhok

Abstract

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a common cause of cancer related death, yet the efforts to follow-up patients in developing countries are humble. This study aims to establish a primary percentage of the 7-year BC survivors in Duhok province and correlate it to the age and the main histopathological features at time of diagnosis; including the tumor size and the status of the lymph nodes (LNs).Material and method: A total of sixty BC patients were included in this follow-up study, all of them were diagnosed in the histopathological department of the central lab in Duhok before 2013. The survival rate was estimated by contacting the survived patients or the families of the late BC patients