Akram Kooshki; Roya Akbarzadeh; Fatemeh Ghardashi; Masoumeh Hashemian; Raha Salehabadi; Manidheh Yousefi Moghaddam; Mohsen Hiteh
Volume 22, Issue 5 , November and December 2015, , Pages 716-723
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Background& Objectives: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the women and, since nutrition is one of the factors in thise disease, the present study was conducted to assess the effect of energy, macro nutrients and antioxidants intake in women on the breast cancer in Sabzevar. Materials ...
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Background& Objectives: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the women and, since nutrition is one of the factors in thise disease, the present study was conducted to assess the effect of energy, macro nutrients and antioxidants intake in women on the breast cancer in Sabzevar. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 125woman with breast cancer in Sabzevarin 2011. Census sampling was done in homes by volunteers and referral of suspected women to mammography, ultra sound and radiology clinicand, also, and Sabzevar center of cancer statisticsforexaminationand diagnosis of breast cancer. After writting informed consent by patients, a demographic questionnaire and semi-quantitative frequency of 160 foods wascompleted by the trained interviewers. The obtained nutritional information was analysedusing the Software Nutritioni IV. Descriptive statistics, frequency, one-sample t-test and non-parametric X2 tests were assessed using SPSS 16 software, and PResults: The mean BMI of patients was 22.5±5.7 kg/m2, the average age of women was 50.7 ± 1years, mean of the first menstrual period was 13.2±1.6 years and mean of menopause 46.4±4.7years. Dietary assessment showed mean of energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate intakes were 2309±1389.24, 64.26±19.05, 65.84±21.70 and 363.79± 154.72 ,respectively (P<0.05). Also, in this study, energy and macronutrients intakeswere rather than dietary standard values, andantioxidants of vitamin A, E, C and selenium intake were less than dietary standard values in women. Conclusion: The findings showed that energy and macronutrients intakesrather than dietary standard values, and antioxidants intake was less than dietary standard values in women.
Roya Akbarzadeh; Fatemeh Ghardashi; Rasool Tabari; Akram Koshki; Masoumeh Hashemiyan; Tayyebeh Novrozinejad; Hamid Alami
Volume 20, Issue 5 , March and April 2014, , Pages 582-589
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Title: Evaluation of individual characteristics, family history and blood group in women with breast cancer in Sabzevar, 1391
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women globally. This disease has varied Incidence and mortality rate in different communities which this variation is affected ...
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Title: Evaluation of individual characteristics, family history and blood group in women with breast cancer in Sabzevar, 1391
Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women globally. This disease has varied Incidence and mortality rate in different communities which this variation is affected by some factors such as age, sex , race ,socioeconomic and marital status, geographic location and lifestyle. this study aimed to examine individual characteristics, family history and blood group in women with breast cancer in Sabzevar.
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, 218 women with age of older than 20 years suffering from breast cancer were identified through census method by health volunteers from 1380 to 1389 in Sabzevar. Needed information was collected using an interview form whose validity and reliability were approved via face validity and content and test-retest method. Obtained data was analyzed using spss software and descriptive statistics was applied to calculate indexes and frequencies.
Result: among 218 patients, 125( 57.3 percent ) were alive . the Subjects’ average age was 52.85± 1.2 with a Maximum and minimum age of 86 and 28 years old, respectively. among 124 live patients , 26 patients ( 21 %) of them had a history of breast cancer in the family. If there is a first-degree relatives with breast cancer, chance of getting cancer would be higher than other cases ( 46.1 %). The most and least frequency of blood group were O (37.6 %) and AB + (6.9 percent), respectively.
Conclusion: findings of the present study revealed that the family history and blood group of O can be considered as risk factors of developing breast cancer in Sabzevar.The mean age of onset is lower than the worldwide age. Enhance, these issues should be noticed in the planning of health services.