Abstract

This study aims to construct life tables for true data of breast cancerpatients treated with chemotherapy in Nineveh Governorate for theperiod 2006 to 2010 for both sexes and for different disease's stages.Patient's life table, the probability of survival starting from the beginningof treatment and the most important factors for treatment and follow-upof such patients were assessed. The results show that by using life tablestechnique, the probability of survival the patients treated withchemotherapy for five years since enrolled treatment decrease withadvance of stages from 85.8% for stage I to 43.5% for stage IV, thatindicate the importance of starting therapy during the earlier stage of thedisease

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