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Influence Of Smoking Habit On Age At Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer Cover

Influence Of Smoking Habit On Age At Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer

Open Access
|Oct 2015

Abstract

No studies have yet investigated the influence of smoking on age at diagnosis of breast cancer. Therefore, the present study was carried out. This study consisted of 605 females with pathologically confirmed primary adenocarcinoma of the breast and 438 healthy females matched by age. Among our participants, 86 (14.2%) patients and 62 (14.1%) control subjects, respectively, were smokers. Based on a Cox regression model, evidence suggested that smoking status influenced the age at diagnosis of breast cancer (HR=0.78, 95% CI: 0.62-0.99, P=0.040). After stratification of the patients according to their menopausal status, the same results were obtained. The present study indicated that non-smokers have a lower age at diagnosis in comparison with patients who smoke.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjecr-2015-0028 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454
Language: English
Page range: 213 - 216
Submitted on: Feb 3, 2015
Accepted on: Jul 7, 2015
Published on: Oct 14, 2015
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2015 Mehrdad Rajaei, Shapour Omidvari, Mostafa Saadat, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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