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Dietary pattern and life style, the potential predictors of mammographic breast density among females attending national cancer institute /

Reem Mohamed Eid

Dietary pattern and life style, the potential predictors of mammographic breast density among females attending national cancer institute / النسق الغذائى وأسلوب الحياة - المحددات المحتملة لكثافة الثدى الماموجرامى بين السيدات المترددات على المعهد القومى للاورام Reem Mohamed Eid ; Supervised Maha M. Ghobashi , Mona I. El-lawindi , Nelly H. Ali El-din - Cairo : Reem Mohamed Eid , 2014 - 223 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine

Background: Breast cancer is a major public health burden throughout the world. It is the most frequent cancer among women all over the world, In Egypt; breast cancer ranked the 1st among all cancers constituting 38.5% of all female cancers. Despite the common occurrence, the exact etiology of breast cancer is still unknown. It is believed that breast cancer is a multifactorial disease and it is a result of the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Also epidemiologic data suggest that the mammographic breast density is a strong predictor of breast cancer. Aim: The present study aims to identify prevention strategy to decrease incidence of breast cancer among Egyptian females Subjects and methods: The study is a hospital-based cross-sectional study in which 500 females (249 malignant and 251 non malignant) attending in mammography unit at radiology department, at National Cancer Institute, Cairo University were included. All subjects had a mammogram and answered a questionnaire and (100) females gave blood sample for blood lipid test



Breast cancer risk factors Dietary pattern and Mammographic breast density Life style