Abstract

BRACAMONTE PRIMERA, Marjuli; ROMERO DE AMARO, Zoila Rosa  and  SALAZAR PEREZ, Jenny Margarita. Correlación anatomoclínica de los tumores malignos de mama. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2008, vol.20, n.1, pp.16-22. ISSN 0798-0582.

OBJECTIVES: Te breast cancer is one of the most important causes of death among women; its incidence has increased in worldwide. METHODS: A descriptive, retrospective, analytical study was carried out; based on the review of the clinical sheets corresponding to patients with that diagnosis seen in Hospital General del Sur “Dr. Pedro Iturbe”, in a period of time ranging from July 2000 up to July 2005. The objective was to know the anatomic clinical correlation of malignant breast tumors. RESULTS: The sample was composed by 59 patients. The higher percentage corresponded to 46 to 55 age group with 45.76 %. The female group was affected in a 98 %. 18.64 % of patients had family backgrounds of some type of cancer; just 5.08 % reported family backgrounds of breast cancer. On the other hand, tobacco use was reported in 54.23 % of the cases. The more frequent histological type was the ductal carcinoma 89.83 %, followed by the lobulillar carcinoma and malignant Phyllodes with 3.38 % respectively. 100 % of them were infiltrating and 33.89 % with metastasis the lymphatic ganglia in 45 % of the cases, in a lower percentage 40 % to pleura. CONCLUSIONS: As a result, breast cancer is a serious public health problem, considering that 100 % of the cases were in a late stage. It is needed physicians to pay more attention to this, developing educative programs and controlling in order to make early diagnosis.

Keywords : Breast; cancer; metastasis; histopathology; correlation.