[Risk factors associated with breast cancer women's in Durango, Mexico].

BACKGROUND

Breast cancer is a public health problem worldwide and is a priority for developing countries like ours, to establish preventive and early detection measures. In Mexico since 2006 breast cancer than cervical cancer as a cause of death in women aged 30-54 years and threatens all socioeconomic groups. The known risk factors for the occurrence of this neoplasm are early menarche, nulliparity, late age parity and late menopause and family history of breast cancer.

OBJECTIVE

To determine the risk factors associated with breast cancer in women in the State of Durango.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

Epidemiological study of 50 cases and 100 con- trols aged between 35 and 69 years old. For the calculation of sample size Schlesselman tables were used. The data was collected and analyzed in SPSS V15. We used descriptive statistics and odds ratio was calculated.

RESULTS

Age had a mean of 50.60 years and a deviation ±9,599 for cases and 50.73 (SD ± 10.08) for controls. The hereditary familial history of breast cancer OR = 5.182 (Cl 1694-15855), higher age at first pregnancy at 30 years of age OR = 3.582 (95% CI .1.121-11.439).

CONCLUSIONS

The results of this study suggest that reproductive and hereditary familial history may influence the development of breast cancer, which is a multifactorial disease.