27Sep 2017

RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN OVER 25 YEARS.

  • Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Campeche.
  • Doctor Surgeon graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the U.A.C
  • Center for Biomedical Research. Autonomous University of Campeche.
  • Faculty of Biological Chemistry.
  • Instituto Campechano -School of Social Work.
  • Student of the Licentiate Medical Surgeon.
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Objective: to determine the risk factors for breast cancer in women older than 25 years of the Carmen Jurisdiction 3 Urban Health Center in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. Material and method: a descriptive, cross-sectional and observational study was carried out. For this study, women older than 25 years who attended the outpatient Clinic of the Carmen Jurisdiction 3 Urban Health Center of Ciudad del Carmen Campeche, during the period comprised January 2014 to December 2016. The data were collected by applying a survey to the women who attended the Urban Health Center Carmen, Jurisdiction 3 of Ciudad del Carmen Campeche with previous signing of a letter of informed consent. For statistical analysis, descriptive statistics were used with the statistical package spss (statical package for the social sciences). The graphs were elaborated in the program excel. Results: of the 232 surveyed, 55.2% did not perform breast self-exploration; 44.8% have used oral contraceptives; 32.8% are obese; 22.4% deny breastfeeding; 13.8% do not have a hereditary family history; 10.3% had benign breast disease. Conclusions: the most frequent risk factors were the lack of breast self-examination, obesity and the use of oral contraceptives.


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[Betty Sarabia Alcocer, Betty M?nica Vel?zquez Sarabia, Luis Alberto N??ez Oreza, Paulino Tamay Segovia, Selene Blum Dom?nguez, Patricia Margarita Garma Quen, Rafael Manuel de Jes?s Mex ?lvarez, Mar?a Eugenia L?pez Caamal and Wilberth Manuel Camas Zetina. (2017); RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN OVER 25 YEARS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 1188-1195] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Betty Sarabia Alcocer
Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Campeche

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5438      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5438