Risk Factors Associated with Breast Cancer

Victor Manuel Vargas-Hernandez
Gynecology Service, Hospital Juárez de México, Gustavo A. Madero, 07760 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

Correspondence to: Vargas-Hernandez, Gynecology Service, Hospital Juárez de México, Gustavo A. Madero, 07760 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico; E-mail: vvargashernandez@yahoo.com.mx
Received date: September 3, 2020; Accepted date: September 12, 2020; Published date: September 17, 2020
Citation: Vargas-Hernandez VM (2020) Risk Factors Associated With Breast Cancer. Onco Tum Res 1(1): pp. 1-3. doi: 10.52916/otr204002
Copyright: ©2020 Vargas-Hernandez VM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Background: It is reported that genetic and hereditary-familial risk factors for breast cancer contribute 5% and the majority are related to the reproductive life of women. Objective: it has the purpose of determining if the factors considered as risk factors are associated with breast cancer in a group of Mexican women. Material and Methods: A retrospective, observational and descriptive study was carried out in 162 women with breast cancer for 3 years (2002-2004) at the Hospital Juárez de México to determine if the usual risk factors are related to breast cancer. The descriptive analysis included localization and dispersion measures, as well as a graphical analysis using bar diagrams.

Results: In the sample of 162 women with breast cancer, the age range at the time of breast cancer diagnosis was from 27 to 78 years (mean of 47.60, standard deviation of 13.09); early menarche only appeared in 12.3% (n=20). The mean age of the first pregnancy was 22 years and of menopause at 51 years of age; 72.2% lactated (n=117) and 45.1% did so for more than 6 months (n=73); the menstrual pattern disorder appeared in 22.8% of cases (n=37); Menopausal hormone therapy was previously used in 19.8% (n=32). The hereditary-family history of breast cancer appeared in 14.2% of the cases (n=23). It seems to be correlated with the fact that in patients with nulliparity, alcoholism and the absence of breastfeeding, breast cancer occurs at an early age (< 45 years) and the risk factor that is related to breast cancer is overweight and obesity with 54.26% and 17.11% respectively (average of 28.00, standard deviation of 3.032).

Conclusion: no correlation was found between risk factors considered common for breast cancer; only overweight and obesity were related to its development, further research is required to confirm whether this correlation occurs in other countries.