PARITY , BREAST FEEDING PRACTICES, AND AGE ASSOCIATION IN WOMEN PRESENTING WITH BREAST CANCER AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

Objective: Study was aimed to analyzes the association between age, parity and sociodemographic factors with the incidence of breast cancer in woman at the surgical ward LUMHS Jamshoro, Pakistan.

Background: Breast cancer is amongst the most common cancers in women all over the world, the problem is of similar magnitude in Pakistan too. To date, there has been no any single identified cause of the condition, however, studies have shown the relationship of several risk factors. Out of the many risk factors leading to breast cancer, Parity has also shown considerable association.

Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, 137 female with breast cancer were included using a total population sampling technique at surgical department of civil hospital Jamshoro, Pakistan from Jan 2023 to June 2023. All the females included in the studied were suspected cases of breast cancer. The data regarding parity and breastfeeding practices was acquired from patient’s history. All the data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 26.0.

Results: Most of the study participants were aged more than 60 years (40.88%), followed by participants aged between 41– 60 and 18-40 years as 19.93% and 20.44%  respectively. The Chi Square test of association reveals that age, parity, late marriage were significantly associated with the breast cancer with p value  0.04, 0.01 and 0.03 respectively.  

Conclusion: In breast cancer patients at surgical department LUMHS Jamshoro, the frequency of breast cancer was significantly associated with age, parity and late marriage with p value less than 5%. However, differences in frequency of breast cancer based on type of residence and socioeconomic class were statistically insignificant