Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in Iraqi Women is the most Frequent Breast Cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) is a commonest disease that causes death among women worldwide, Current study was designed to identify the different types of BC and find out the most common type. Data were obtained from the medical profiles of the National Center for Teaching Laboratories and Oncology Teaching Hospital/ Medical City, and teaching hospital in Kut, where pathological and medical data were collected from the medical profile of 1497 patients diagnosed with B C from January 2011 to December 2022. The results showed a significant increase in the number of BC cases from 46 in 2011 up to 149 in 2022. The mean ± standard deviation of BC cases significantly increased from (77.1 ± 22.8 ) case/year in (2011- 2017) up to (191.4 ± 34.1) case/year in the later five years (2018 – 2022). Out of 1497 cases of BC, 1343 case (89.7%) of them with ductal carcinoma (DC), 86 case (5.7%) lobular carcinoma (LC), 17 case (1.1%) metaplastic carcinoma, 17 case (1.1%) paget’s disease, 15 case (1%) phylloids tumor, 14 case (0.9%) mucinous carcinoma, and 5 cases (0.4%) sarcoma. According to the age of BC patients, the average age of all patients is (51.2 ± 12.1) years, and without significant difference between those with different types of BC and in the age intervals of BC patients, the majority of them (84.6%) at age interval ≥ 40 year in comparison with 15.4% at young age interval (20 – 39). Moreover, statistical analysis of BC patients based on their menopause status reveals that (50.2%) are premenopausal and (49.8%) are postmenopausal, and there is no significant difference between patients with different types of BC.