Jamela Boder|Fathi Abdalla|Mohamed Ahmed Elfageih|Abuagela Abusaa|Abdelbaset Buhmeida|Yrjö Collan
Breast cancer patients in Libya: Comparison with European and central African patients
University of Turku|University of Turku|King Abdul Aziz University Hospital|University of Turku
present study evaluated incidence breast cancer libya described clinicopathological demographic features features compared corresponding data patients subsaharan africa nigeria europe finland study consisted 234 patients breast carcinoma admitted african oncology institute sabratha libya years 20022006 pathological features collected pathology reports patient histories hospital files sabratha cancer registry demographic differences libyan nigerian finnish populations prominent mean age breast cancer patients libya 46 years almost identical nigeria much lower finland libyan breast cancer incidence evaluated 188 per 100000 female individuals incidence markedly higher finland also high nigeria libyan nigerian breast cancer predominantly premenopausal type exhibits unfavorable characteristics high histological grade stage large tumor size frequent lymph node metastases however histological types histopathological risk features show similar importance regarding survival european breast cancer cases survival libya ranks rates survival nigeria lowest finland highest conclusion libya african countries premenopausal breast cancer common postmenopausal breast cancer however opposite true europe population differences may involved suggested known variation distribution genetic markers populations different types environmental impacts however cannot excluded