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ported to be 33.6/100,000 (2), while in a review of 746 breast biopsies, 278 cases (37.3%) were malignant lesions (3). The breast cancers in the study constituted 12.7% of all malignant tumors and 21.2% of all female cancers. The incidence of cancer in the study peaked in women 35-45 years of age (mean age 43 years). Breast cancer has been found to occur at a younger age in Africa than in the developed world, with more than half of cases occurring in premenopausal women (4). A bimodal pattern of age presentation has been observed in Zimbabwe, with an early peak at 35-40 years and a later peak at 60-65 years (5). Among women, breast cancer is the condition they are most concerned about out of a list of 11 comparable conditions. Fifty-six percent cited breast cancer as the condition they feared most (6), but many of them were confused and did not adequately understand about the risk factors associated with breast cancer (6,7). Such risk factors include early menarche, late menopause, late conception of their first child, and hormone replacement after menopause (8). Others are exposure to organochlorine compounds (9) and alcohol (10). A study on cancer awareness in Nigeria showed that

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Author

O. O. Odusanya; Fmcph

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)