Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer (accounting for 31•3% of all cancers) among women in the Gaza Strip. This audit examines clinical and pathological characteristics of women presenting with breast carcinoma to the European Gaza Hospital (EGH), a governmental hospital and oncological centre serving 600 000 people in the southern Gaza Strip.Methods Data were collected from the records of patients with breast cancer treated at the EGH from March, 2015, to Sept, 2017. 397 cases were identified, including 218 patients with full hormone receptor status (oestrogen, progesterone, and Her2/neu receptor status). Data were analysed using Student's t test.
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