Study Prevalence of Breast Cancer and the Relation it's with Some Risk Factors and Blood Group in Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq

The current study was designed to determine the prevalence of breast cancer compared to other types of cancer patients who are admitted to the cancer tumors Center/Al Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf, For the period from February to Jun2017. The rate of breast cancer was 21.2% (215) of the total number of infected people cancer (1015). this study showed the relation between the type of blood and the prevalence of infection, where the results were (36.3, 32.1, 22.3, 9.3%) by dependent the factions of blood (A, O, B, AB) respectively. The incidence of infection in women who use oral contraceptives was (52.7) compared to those who did not use the pills (5.4). Obesity is also an important factor In the prevalence of infection, where the proportion of women in obese women (64.5) compared to non-obese (16.1). The study also showed that there was a relationship between the level of education and the prevalence of breast cancer, which was the highest rate of infection in uneducated women followed by the holders of primary, preparatory, diploma and the lowest percentage of the bachelor's degree, where the percentages were (36.3, 28.8, 15.8, 11.6, 7.4) % respectively.