The epidemiological profile of women with breast cancer at the Reference Center Lalla Salma of Tiznit

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. It occupies first place in most countries. To describe the epidemiological profile of breast cancer at the Lalla Salma Tiznit reference center. A retrospective study was conducted at the said center. Based on the exploitation of the files of patients with breast cancer. The data were collected over four years with a stratified sample of140 cases. The main obtained an average age of 60 years, 60% were married, the average age of the first menstruation was 12 years, 36% of patients were on the pill and 18% had a history of hormonal treatment. Multiparous women represented 34% and pouciparous women 42%. In addition, 90% of the cases had been breastfed. In this sense, the study proposes to promote a better organization of health care systems for isolated populations, emphasizing the importance of early detection to avoid advanced and metastatic stages that can be fatal.Keywords: epidemiological profile, breast cancer, women, Tiznit