Breast cancer risk factors depended on a statistical study in Sabratha Oncology hospital from 2006 to 2016

Breast cancer is the primary cause of death in women in developed countries. The main objective of this study is to define the relationship between breast cancer, gender, and age, based on a statistical study in Sabratha Oncology Institute during the years of 2006 to 2016. The study included 2429 patients registered for eleven years (2006-2016). Two thousand three hundred sixty-four (3164) cases were females (97.33%) and 65 males (2.67%). The average ages were 45.48 years for females and 54.93 years for males. The study showed a clear relationship between breast cancer and gender; as for age, there was varies between men and women. The study also revealed that the incidence of breast cancer increases with age and occurs mainly during the third and fourth decades of life for women. At the same time, it is of minor occurrence during the following decades of a woman's life. As for men, breast cancer is of more common occurrence between the fifth and eighth decades of life.