Multiparity and Breast Cancer Risk Factor among Women in Burkina Faso

Multiparity and Breast Cancer Risk Factor among Women in Burkina Faso

The relative lack of information on breast cancer etiology in Burkina Faso led us to undertake the present work to highlight risk factors. This prospective study was conducted using a questionnaire between January 2015 and February 2016 on women admitted to Yalgado OUEDRAOGO hospital, for consultati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 2016, Vol.17 (12), p.5095-5099
Hauptverfasser: Zoure, Abdou Azaque, Bambara, Aboubacar Hierrhum, Sawadogo, Alexis Yobi, Ouattara, Abdoul Karim, Ouedraogo, Marie, Traore, Si Simon, Bakri, Youssef, Simpore, Jacques
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Zusammenfassung:The relative lack of information on breast cancer etiology in Burkina Faso led us to undertake the present work to highlight risk factors. This prospective study was conducted using a questionnaire between January 2015 and February 2016 on women admitted to Yalgado OUEDRAOGO hospital, for consultation or supervision. The characteristics of multiparous breast cancer patients (n = 44) were compared with their non-multiparous counterparts (n = 36). The study found that increased risk of breast cancer among non-multiparous cases was related to body mass index (BMI) (p
ISSN:1513-7368
2476-762X