Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Invasive, Breast Cancer Metastatic, Breast Cancer Stage, Breast Neoplasms
Conditions
Keywords
Breast cancer, Clinical audit, Breast cancer risk factors, Breast cancer screening, Clinicopathological characterisitics
Brief summary
This cross-sectional study, conducted at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), involved a retrospective data review of all the patients diagnosed with breast cancer from March 2017 to December 2021. The demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, stage of the disease, and histopathological characteristics were analyzed.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All patients diagnosed with breast cancer
Exclusion criteria
* The patients that were lost to follow-up after the first consultation and those consulting for a second opinion were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics of patients with breast cancer | At the time of presentation | age, gender, residence, marital status |
| Risk factors of patients with breast cancer | At the time of presentation | age at menarche, menopause, parity, breastfeeding, contraception, family history, body mass index |
| Clinical presentation of patients with breast cancer | At the time of presentation | site and duration |
| Stage of the breast cancer | At the time of presentation | American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Anatomic Stage Groups for breast cancer |
| Histopathological characteristics of patients with breast cancer | At the time of presentation | tumor type, hormone receptor status, Ki-67, and grade |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed