Breast Abscessed Cancer in Nonlactating Women in Tropical Environment: Radiological, Bacteriological, and Anatomopathological Features about 3 Cases

Background Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer in Togolese women. Methods We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical purposes on cases of breast cancer in women in 2021, in Togo. The patients included in this study were women followed in the gynecology department for stages III and IV breast cancer. Results We included 62 cases of breast cancer. The average age of the patients was 38.6 ± 12.5 years with extremes of 17 and 76 years. The breast nodule was the most common reason for consultation in 75.8% of cases. The histological types diagnosed were invasive carcinoma of non-specific type (58; 93.55%), mucinous carcinoma (3; 4.84%) and lobular carcinoma (1; 1.61%). For the stage of the cancer, 43 patients were stage III (69.4%) and 19 stage IV (30.6%). In multivariate analysis, the factors associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer were: fear of diagnosis (aOR = 1.29; p = 0.0014), long delay in diagnosis (aOR = 2.62; p = 0.0001) and failure to perform breast self-examination (aOR = 1.68; p = 0.0022). Conclusion The fear of the diagnosis, the absence of self-examination of the breasts and the use of traditional treatment and self-medication in first intention constituted the essential factors of the late diagnosis of breast cancer. Strategies should be put in place at the national level to impact on these factors for an early diagnosis of breast cancer.

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Factors associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer in women in Togo, Sub-Saharan Africa

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Tchandikou

Simgban

et al. 2023

BMC Women's Health

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膿瘍を生じた乳腺の被包型乳頭癌の1例

KURIHARA,

TAWARAYA,

YANAGIMOTO

2023

Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (J Jpn Surg Assoc)

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An82-year-oldwomanpresentedwithaleftbreastmassandbleedingfromtheleftbreast.There wasabreachintheintegrityoftheskinandanabscess.Surgicaldrainagewasperformed,andanantibioticwasadministered.Sheunderwentimagingtoevaluatethebreastwhentheinflammationhadsubsided.Ultrasonographyshowedasolid,47-mm,cysticmasswithanareaofinflammation.Breastcarcinoma wasdiagnosedbasedonavacuum-assistedbreastbiopsy.Thehistopathologicaldiagnosiswasanencapsulatedpapillarycarcinoma.Whenabreastabscessisseeninarelativelyelderlywomanovertheageof 40years,thepossibilityofbreastcancershouldbeconsidered.Thecaseofapatientwithanencapsulated papillarycarcinomawithabreastabscessisreported.

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Breast Abscessed Cancer in Nonlactating Women in Tropical Environment: Radiological, Bacteriological, and Anatomopathological Features about 3 Cases

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Factors associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer in women in Togo, Sub-Saharan Africa

Factors associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer in women in Togo, Sub-Saharan Africa

膿瘍を生じた乳腺の被包型乳頭癌の1例

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