Factores asociados al cáncer de mama en el Instituto del Cáncer SOLCA 2010 – 2015 Cuenca

Abstract

Background : Breast cancer is a pathology that has increased its incidence in recent years, with an increase in morbidity and mortality that affects the quality of life of women who suffer from it, in our city it occupies the second place of incidence. Several studies show that they are related to risk factors: age, parity, family history, use of contraceptives and protector: breastfeeding.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of breast cancer, the risk factors and the protective factor associated with breast cancer at the Cancer Institute SOLCA Cuenca 2010 - 2015

Method: It is a case-control study. Results: We studied patients from the group of cases matched to 1 with the control group, the average age of the group of cases was of 52 and of the controls of 38 , the prevalence was of 25,1, the risk factors behaved as such corresponding to Obstetric History a RR of 3.34 and a p of 0.0005, the Menarche Age presented a RR of 5.10 with a p of 0.0000, the Age of Menopause a RR of 16.20 with a p of 0.0000, the Family history gives a RR of 2.45 with a p of 0.0052, the patients who used contraceptives have a RR of 7.66 and a p of 0.0000, finally breastfeeding is presented as a protective factor with a RR of 0.07 and one p of 0.0000