The Characteristics and Risk Factors of Breast Cancer Patients Trend Distinctive Regional Differences: a Cross-sectional Study

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Cancer Invasive; Breast Cancer; Breast Cancer Stage; Breast Neoplasms; Breast Cancer Metastatic

• Registration Number: NCT05463276
• Lead Sponsor: Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation

Brief Summary

This cross-sectional study, conducted at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), involved a retrospective data review of all the patients diagnosed with breast cancer from March 2017 to December 2021. The demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, stage of the disease, and histopathological characteristics were analyzed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-28
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-01
• Study Completion: 2022-05-01
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2022-07-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 690

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients diagnosed with breast cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• The patients that were lost to follow-up after the first consultation and those consulting for a second opinion were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stage of the breast cancer	At the time of presentation	American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Anatomic Stage Groups for breast cancer
Demographic characteristics of patients with breast cancer	At the time of presentation	age, gender, residence, marital status
Clinical presentation of patients with breast cancer	At the time of presentation	site and duration
Risk factors of patients with breast cancer	At the time of presentation	age at menarche, menopause, parity, breastfeeding, contraception, family history, body mass index
Histopathological characteristics of patients with breast cancer	At the time of presentation	tumor type, hormone receptor status, Ki-67, and grade

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation; 🇵🇰 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan