Open AccessBreast cancer correlates in a cohort of breast screening program participants in Riyadh, KSA
Author(s) -
Fahad Alamri,
Mohammed Y. Saeedi,
Fatina Altahan,
Arwa Ali,
Shaker A. Alomary,
Mostafa A. Arafa,
Ahmed K. Ibrahim,
Kassim A. Kassim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2015.04.002
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , family history , body mass index , cohort , obstetrics , menopause , gynecology , population , cancer , risk factors for breast cancer , risk factor , pill , demography , environmental health , sociology , pharmacology
Breast cancer is the first cancer among females in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, accounting for 27.4% of all newly diagnosed female cancers in 2010. There are several risk factors affecting the incidence of breast cancer where some factors influence the risk more than the others.