Breast cancer risk in patients with breast pain in Accra, Ghana.
East Afr Med J
; 84(5): 215-8, 2007 May.
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| ID: mdl-17892195
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of breast cancer in patients presenting with breast pain in Accra, Ghana. DESIGN: Retrospective clinical study. SETTING: A self-referral breast clinic in Accra, Ghana. SUBJECTS: Patients with breast pain as a presenting complaint, between January 2001 and December 2005. INTERVENTIONS: Patients were investigated by triple assessment. RESULTS: There were 447 patients with pain, 322 as the only symptom and 125 in addition to other symptoms like breast lump and nipple discharge. Patients with pain only were found to have no detectable abnormality 203 (63%) and fibroadenosis 78 (24.2%) as the most common diagnoses. Breast cancer was found in four (1.24%) of them, all of whom had abnormality on clinical breast examination. In patients with pain as well as other symptoms the common diagnoses were fibroadenosis 25 (20%), breast cancer 20 (16%) and normal 18 (14.4%). CONCLUSION: The risk of breast cancer is significantly higher in patients presenting with breast pain in addition to other symptoms, compared to patients with breast pain as the only symptom (16% and 1.24% respectively P < 0.0001). Patients with breast pain should always have breast examination and not simply reassured. Women should be encouraged to do breast self examination.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor
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Mama
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Neoplasias de la Mama
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
East Afr Med J
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Ghana
Pais de publicación:
Kenia