Masoud Movahedi|Shahpar Haghighat|Maryam Khayamzadeh|Abdolvahab Moradi|Ali Ghanbari|Hamidreza Mirzaei|Mohammad Esmail-Akbari
Survival Rate of Breast Cancer Based on Geographical Variation in Iran, a National Study
Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University|Motamed Cancer Institute|Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research|Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University|Shahid Beheshti University
breast cancer common cancer among women worldwide based latest iranian national cancer department report total number women registered breast cancer 6976 cases 2007 five year survival one indicators used evaluation quality care different types malignancies including breast cancerthe aim study estimate survival rate breast cancer 6147 iranian patients national level different geographic regions6147 cases breast cancer telephone number diagnosed 20012006 called obtain information life status survival estimates calculated using kaplanmeier method survival probability calculated overall cohort different categories gender age pathologic type tumor hazard ratios hr according demographic risk variables calculated coxs proportional hazard modelthe overall 5year survival rate 710 mean survival time different men women statistically significant number men involved breast cancer 172 28 cases 5year survival rate patients age group 4150 years significantly higher age groups p 0001 likelihood death higher patients 61 years old years rather forty years old hr 131 95 ci 112155the findings study might help iranian health managers 1 conscious geographical regional determinants affect overall survival rate 2 carry preventive activities public education particularly iranian men 3 think screening early detection breast cancer