Open AccessClinical and Pathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer in Syria
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of cancer research and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2476-2377
DOI - 10.33140/ijcrt.02.03.06
Subject(s) - breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , cancer , demography , medicine , pathological , presentation (obstetrics) , geography , gynecology , surgery , sociology , physics , optics
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among women andaccounting for 30 % of all female cancers (1). The behaviour andcharacteristics of BC in Syria was found not much different than thatof the neighbouring countries like Lebanon, Jordan , KSA and Egyptas far as the low median age of incidence and late presentation isconcerned (2,3). The behaviour of BC was also found quite differentthan seen in the Western countries.