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Reproductive, Lifestyle, and Genetic Risk Factors in Breast Cancer Among Iranian Women- A Cross-sectional Study During the Breast Cancer Screening in a Community in Iran



Katayon Vakilian1, Pegah Mohaghegh2
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, Fatemeh Mirzaei3
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, Majid Taheri4
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, Rita Zahiri5
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, Nasrin Roozbahani6, *
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1 Department of Midwifery, Medical School, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
2 Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Science, Arak, Iran
3 Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University , Tabriz, Iran
4 Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Statistics and Information Technology Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
6 Department of Health Education, Faculty of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran


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Abstract

Aim:

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women. The present study is aimed to investigate the risk factors of this disease among the Iranian women of Arak city.

Background:

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women.

Objective:

To study the reproductive, lifestyle, and genetic risk factors.

Methods:

This cross-sectional study was conducted in Arak city. The sampling was conducted in a clustering method in a way that 4 health centers (surveying cancer in the country; October 2018 to March 2019) were investigated. The women willing to fill up the breast cancer risk factors were entered into the research. 1000 women (above 18) were included. After filling the questionnaires, the data were analyzed by SPSS Ver. 21 using descriptive statistics such as percentage and mean values.

Results:

4% of the participants (40) had a history of breast cancer among their first-degree relatives. Only 1.9% (19) of the women reported eating fast-food twice a day. 1.7% (16) of the studied women drank alcohol in the last month. 70.3% of the women (691) had children with an average age at first birth of 22.32±4.87. 1.3% (13) of the participants were under hormone-therapy during their menopause, with an average duration of 4±6.87 years.

Conclusion:

It seems that the risk factors of breast cancer are not low among Iranian women. Screening tests such as self-examination of the breasts and periodic examinations by the physicians or midwives as well as the mammography protocols are essential




1. INTRODUCTION

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies, known as the main mortality cause among women throughout the globe [1, 2]. The breast cancer risk during the life of a woman is 12.5% (1 per 8 cases) [3]. According to the WHO report, in 2015, breast cancer caused 571 thousands of death cases throughout the world [4]. According to the statistics, this disease has an increasing trend in Iran and from 2000, it has scored the first rank among the recorded cancer cases in the country. From 2001 to 2006, breast cancer has shown a 2% increase each year [5]. The trend of breast cancer emergence was matched with the global standard population, during an 11-year study (2000-2011), the breast cancer emergence was ascending increasing from 20.3 per 100 thousand in 2000 to 32.08 cases in 2010. Statistics of breast cancer cases also show the rising trend of this disease [6]. It seems that by 2020, a 26% increase occurs in the current breast cancer cases, which are mainly related to the developing countries [7]. The increase in breast cancer cases in recent decades in Iran can be attributed to the changes in the lifestyle and reproduction behavior relative to the western countries [8]. The age of breast cancer diagnosis is 10 years lower in Iran [9, 10].

Some of the known cancer etiologic factors are also involved in breast cancer. Although all the women are exposed to the risk of breast cancer, it is more probable in some of them. The breast cancer risk is higher in the following groups: increased age, history of cancer (history of breast cancer especially in the first-degree relatives before menopause; the history of ovarian cancer especially before the age of 50; or breast cancer or ovarian cancer in two relatives first- and second-degree), high calorie and fat diet; obesity, alcohol, reproduction and hormonal factors (menarche before the age of 12, late menopause, nulliparous women, the birth of the first child after the age of 30, and hormone-therapy among the menopause women); a personal history of breast, endometriosis, ovarian, and colon cancers; and history of radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma [11, 12]. Regarding low awareness of the women about the risk factors as well as their negative insights toward the screening tests, increasing the public awareness about the growth of the risk factors sounds crucial [9]. Given the high prevalence of breast cancer in Iran, the present study is aimed to investigate the risk factors of this disease among the Iranian women of Arak city.

2. METHODS

This cross-sectional study was conducted after attaining the approval of the ethics committee of the Arak University of Medical Science. The population included women older than 18. The cluster sampling was conducted in a way that 4 health centers (campaign of breast cancer screening in the Arak city; October 2018 to March 2019) were held by Arak University of Medical and Health Sciences to assess the health status of women in terms of breast cancer and self-breast examination. 4 Centers in 4 regions of the city held breast examination. All 4 centers were sampled, and each health center was considered as a cluster. The women willing to fill up the breast cancer risk factors were entered into the research. 1000 women (above 18) were included in this study and their breast cancer status was evaluated.

The questionnaire was prepared in two sections: demographic data and risk factors. The prevalent risk factors were collected by the literature review [9, 13-15]. The questionnaire was then sent to 10 members of the scientific board of gynecology and midwifery to assess its validity. The final version of the questionnaire was set after the decision of the assessment board. The researcher offered the questionnaires in a sealed packet, and the women were asked to deliver them to the center within a week. The participants were assured about the confidentiality of the questionnaire content. After filling the questionnaires, the data were analyzed by SPSS Ver. 21 using descriptive statistics such as percentage and mean values.

3. RESULTS

The mean age of the participants was 33.78±11.3. In terms of the residential area, 10.5% (105) of the participants lived in the suburb, and 4% of them came from rural areas (40). The other information can be found in Table 1. The present study also showed that their average age of menopause was 47.16±5.18. 92.4% of the participants experienced menopause at the age of 51 to 55 Table 2. According to Table 3, 4% of the participants (40) had a history of breast cancer among their first-degree relatives; and 6.1% (61) had a history of breast cancer in their second-degree relatives. 0.5% (5) of the studied women had breast cancer. The average age of breast cancer diagnosis was 50.75±90.9. 38.1% of the participants had not consumed fatty-food in the last month, while 29.2% (291) of them ate fast-food once a month, and 14.4% of the participants (144) consumed fatty-food twice a month. Only 1.9% (19) of the women reported eating fatty-food twice a day. Concerning fruit consumption in the last month, only 1.2% (12) of the participants did not eat fruit. 5.2 (52) and 19.2% (192) of the participants consumed fruit once in a month and a week, respectively; while, 52.1% of the participants (521) reported daily fruit consumption. 1.7% (16) of the studied women drank alcohol in the last month. 70.3% of the women (691) had children with an average age at first birth of 22.32±4.87. 40.2% (290) of the women with children were pregnant with their first child below the age of 20. The mean breastfeeding period was 36.74±29.73 months. 62.4% (615) of the women breastfed their children. 1.3% (13) of the participants were under hormone-therapy during their menopause, with an average duration of 4±6.87 years (Table 2). The life-style, reproductive, and genetic risk factors of breast cancer women are included in Table 3.

4. DISCUSSION

The results of this study showed the prevalence of breast cancer risk factors among women in Arak city. Saki et al. reported 5 major breast cancer risk factors: age over 39, menarche age below 12.5, family history of breast cancer, menarche age younger than 10.5, irregular menstruation, and being single [16]. In the present study, 18.8% of the women with a mean age of 33.78±11.3 were single, indicating the increase of marriage age among Iranian women [17]. In the current study, the menarche age was 13, which was in agreement with another study in Iran reporting the menarche age as 12.9 [18]. Factors such as the increase of BMI and the rise of economic-social levels are effective in the menarche age [18, 19]. In their study conducted in Mazandaran, Holakouee et al. found no significant relationship between breast cancer and menarche age and irregular menstruation [20]. This study showed that women with breast cancer, menarche age was not lower than 12 and all of them except one had children and more than 50% had delivered under 20years old. A meta-analysis of 117 studies with a total population of 118964 women with cancer showed that early menarche, high BMI, number of pregnancies, age of the first pregnancy and height can play a role in the emergence of breast cancer; but they can not raise the risk alone [21]. Studies have shown that breast cancer risk was 50% lower among the mothers who had their full-term labor before the age of 20. On the other hand, breast cancer risk showed a 22% increment among the women who had their first child over the age of 35. This reduction was higher in hormone receptor-positive cancers [22]. The present research reported the mean BMI of the studied women as 25, implying the overweight among them. Regarding the average age of the women (33 years old), these women are prone to obesity by aging. Post-menopause obesity can also increase the risk of breast cancer. In our study in women with breast cancer, we found out an overweight of them. A study on 493 women with breast cancer showed that overweight women and those with BMI>30 are 1.27 and 2.34-fold more prone to developing breast cancer. The higher the prevalence of these risk factors, the higher their associated risk will be [23]. The present study also revealed that 45% of the women had no regular walking program; life-style with no physical activity is one of the potential risk factors of cancers, including breast cancer. In addition, in this study, 85% of women with breast cancer reported no doing regular walking during the week. A systematic review of 62 studies up to December 2007 about the relationship between physical activity and breast cancer indicated that 47 studies agreed on the reduced risk of breast cancer by an increase in physical activities. They believed that this reduction could be 25-30% [24]. The present study showed that a small percentage of the women smoke or drink alcohol; however, as drinking alcohol is a taboo in Muslim countries, these statistics may be far from reality. Anyway, the results suggest that alcohol consumption is undeniable among women. A study on 7690 cases of invasive breast cancer indicated that elevated alcohol consumption (3-6 times per week) is accompanied by the enhanced risk of breast cancer [25]. In a prospective study, 29117 women with the history of drinking alcohol during their adolescence were followed up; 659 of them were diagnosed with proliferative benign breast diseases during their adulthood which was 1.15 times higher than the women who did not drink alcohol during their adolescence [26]. The present study reported that about 40% of women with children did not breastfeed their children. A meta-analysis of 27 studies on 368881 women with breast cancer indicated the protective role of breastfeeding against the development of hormone receptor-negative (triple-negative) breast cancers; the hormone receptor-positive cancers, however, require further investigations [27]. Another investigation suggested that at least one year of breastfeeding declined the breast cancer risk by 32% among the women carrying BARCA1 gene [28]. In the present study, 4-6% of the participants had a family history of breast cancer in their first or second-degree relatives, but only one women with breast cancer had family history in her second-degree relatives.

Table 1. The demographic status of women.
- - Frequency Percent
BMI 10-24.99 526 52.6
25-29.99 342 34.2
30-34.99 109 10.9
35 22 2.3
Marital status Married 776 77.6
Single 188 18.8
Divorce 18 1.8
Widow 18 1.8
Housewife 744 74.4
Employee 256 25.6
Residential status City 855 85.5
Rural area 40 4.0
105 10.5
Educational status Writing and reading 63 6.3
Primary school 159 15.9
Secondary school 143 14.3
Diploma 341 34.1
Upper diploma 89 8.9
Bachelor degree 135 13.5
Doctoral 57 5.7
Table 2. Mean and frequency of the breast cancer risk factor among the participants.
- - N %
History of breast cancer among the first-degree relatives
(mother, sister)
No 960 96
yes 40 4
History of breast cancer among the second-degree relatives
(aunt )
No 933 93.9
yes 61 6.1
The history of breast cancer in the participant herself No 971 98.4
yes 13 1.3
How often did you eat fatty food(pizza ,sausage, Ham, fatty cheese ,.. in the last month? Never 381 38.1
Once a month 292 29.2
Twice a month 144 14.4
third a month 82 8.2
Once a week 79 7.9
Twice a week 19 1.9
Every day 2 0.2
How often did you consume fruit in the last month? never 12 1.2
Once a month 52 5.2
Once a week 192 19.2
Once a day 521 52.1
Several times a day 223 22.2
How often did you eat vegetables in the last month? never 11 1.1
Once a month 65 6.5
Once a week 367 36.7
Once a day 389 38.9
Several times a day 168 16.8
Did you drink alcohol in the last month? No 936 98.3
Yes 16 1.7
History of smoking No 976 97.6
Yes 4 0.4
Do you have children No 292 29.7
Yes 691 70.3
Did you give birth when you were below 20? No 381 43.2
Yes 290 56.8
History of ovarian cancer in the participant herself No 995 99.5
Yes 5 0.5
Hormone-therapy among the menopause women No 987 98.7
Yes 13 1.3
Breastfeeding frequency among women with children No child 292 30
Breastfeeding 621 62.4
No breastfeeding 70 7.6
Did you have uterus cancer? No 997 99.7
yes 3 0.3
Did you have colon cancer? No 999 99.9
yes 1 0.1
Did you have the history of radiotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma? No 998 99.2
yes 2 0.2
Do you have physical activities (e.g. 30 min fast walking, 5 times a week)? No 452 45.2
yes 548 54.8
Have you consumed Oral contraceptive pill (OCP)? No 717 71.7
yes 284 28,3
Pregnancy age Under 20 293 29.3
21-45 383 38.3
Single or no child 324 32.4
- Mean± SD -
How long did you take OCPs? 5.15±4.61 -
The age of diagnosis of breast cancer in your self 50.75±10.90 -
Menarche age 13.49±1.56 -
Menopause age 47.16±5.18 -
First pregnancy age 22.32±4.87 -
Mean of breastfeeding (month) 36.40±26.99 -
Table 3. Mean and frequency of the breast cancer risk factor among the women with breast cancer.
- Min Max Mean SD
Age (year) - 33 65 51.92 11.094
BMI - 21.67 28.40 25.1639 1.79739
Children number - 1 4 2.67 .985
Breast feed time(month) - 18 96 56.18 25.635
Menarche age - 12 16 13.54 1.391
Menopause age - 45 58 50.00 3.937
How long did you take OCPs?
(year)
- 2 5 3.50 2.121
- N % - -
BMI 10-24.99 5 38.5 - -
25-29.99 6 46.2 - -
Missing 2 15.3 - -
Marital status Marriage 12 92.3 - -
widow 1 7.7 - -
Residential status City 13 100 - -
Cancer information No 1 7.7 - -
Yes 12 92.3 - -
Who did you get the information from? Health worker 4 30.8 - -
Book/mass media 1 7.7 - -
Dr. 5 38.5 - -
Cancer Patients 2 15.4 - -
          Missing 1 7.7 - -
History of breast cancer among the first-degree relatives (mother, sister)           no 13 0 - -
History of breast cancer among the second-degree relatives (aunt)           No 12 92.3 - -
          Yes 1 7.7 - -
ovarian cancer history           No 12 92.3 - -
          Yes 1 7.7 - -
How often did you consume fruit in the last month? no 3 23.1 - -
once a month 1 7.7 - -
once a week 3 23.1 - -
once a day 3 23.1 - -
couple days a day 3 23.1 - -
How often did you eat vegetables in the last month? no 1 7.7 - -
once a week 8 61.5 - -
once a day 3 23.1 - -
couple days a day 1 7.7 - -
How often did you eat fatty food (pizza, sausage, Ham, fatty cheese,. in the last month? No 7 53.8 - -
2times in week 3 23.1 - -
Once a week 3 23.1 - -
Menopause           No no 4 - -
          Yes yes 9 - -
Do you have children No no 1 - -
Yes yes 12 - -
Breastfeeding (month) Breast feeding 11 84.6 - -
No child 1 7.7 - -
No breastfeeding 1 7.7 - -
Pregnancy age (Year) Under 20 7 53.8 - -
Upper 20 6 46.2 - -
Do you have physical activities (e.g. 30 min fast walking, 5 times a week)? No 11 84.6 - -
Yes 2 15.4 - -
Have you consumed oral contraceptive pill (OCP)? No 11 84.6 - -
Yes 2 15.4 - -
History of smoking no 13 100 - -
History of Alcohol consumption no 13 100 - -
Hormone replacement therapy No 11 84.6 - -
Yes 1 7.7 - -

A survey showed that the mutation of BARCA ½ gene (with high potential of breast cancer development) is very rare among the general population; the women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancers, however, carry these genes [29]. It recommends in principle that assessment of familial breast cancer risk should consider not only breast cancers observed in the family but also the family size and age-structure too [30]. The current study also showed that about 6.7% of the menopause women had hormone-therapy. A study in England indicated that one out of 16 women does not receive hormone-therapy reflecting the high prevalence of hormone administration in that country. A more recent study revealed that it does not increase the risk of breast cancer [31]. But when accompanied by other risk factors such as obesity and alcohol, hormone-therapy may elevate the risk of breast cancer [32]. The present study showed that only 38% of the participants did not consume Fatty food in the last month. Studies have shown that high-calorie foods such as fast-foods can enhance the risk of breast cancer [33, 34]. Controversial results have been reported concerning the role of fried meat or low consumption of fiber-rich foods in the development of cancer [35-37]. A study in the US on 2386 women with breast cancer and 1703 healthy women suggested that the consumption of red meat and well-done red meat are related to the risk of breast cancer [38].

CONCLUSION

It seems that the risk factors of breast cancer are not low among Iranian women. Those related to the life-style should be improved. Moreover, screening tests such as self-examination of the breasts and periodic examinations by the physicians or midwives, as well as the mammography protocols, are essential.

ETHICAL APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE

This study was approved by Arak University of Medical sciences, Iran. The code of ethics is IR.ARAKMU.REC.1397.233.

HUMAN AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

Not applicable.

CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION

The subjects participated in this study after signing the informed consent form.

AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND MATERIALS

The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article.

FUNDING

This research was funded by Arak University of Medical Sciences under the financial code no:3240.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The author declares no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We hereby acknowledge the help of all members of this research especially the participants from the health centers.

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