Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology (Aug 2022)

Histopathological Patterns and Luminal Subtypes among Breast Cancer Patients in the Middle Euphrates Region of Iraq

  • Ahmed Mjali,
  • Mustafa Majeed Obaid,
  • Haider Hasan Jaleel Al-Shammari,
  • Afnan Fouad Alwakeel,
  • Alaa Othman Sedeeq,
  • Nareen Tawfeeq Abbas,
  • Layth Mula-Hussain

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31557/apjcb.2022.7.3.233-238
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 233 – 238

Abstract

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Objectives: To evaluate the pathological patterns & luminal subtypes of breast cancer patients in the Middle Euphrates region of Iraq. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at Al-Hussein Cancer Center in Karbala province of Iraq between January 2012 and August 2020. Results: There were 920 female patients with breast cancer. At the time of diagnosis, the mean age was 50.20 ±11.74 years. The most frequent pathological subtype was invasive ductal carcinoma in 91.85%, and 50.32% of tumors were grade II. Of luminal subtypes, Luminal A was the most prevalent subtype in 53.69%. Conclusion: Our results were similar to middle eastern patterns but significantly differed from western patterns.

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