TY - JOUR T1 - Age distribution and outcomes in patients undergoing breast cancer resection in Saudi Arabia JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 464 LP - 469 DO - 10.15537/smj.2018.5.21993 VL - 39 IS - 5 AU - Balqis Alabdulkarim AU - Mazen Hassanain AU - Areej Bokhari AU - Abdulaziz AlSaif AU - Hana Alkarji Y1 - 2018/05/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/5/464.abstract N2 - Objectives In response to rising incidence and mortality we aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of patients with operative breast cancer in our region.Methods We performed a retrospective study of 224 patients who underwent surgery for breast cancer at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2005 and 2012.Results We identified a young population overall with a mean age of 48.8±12.2 years (range: 26-93 years). Survival rate were however similar across all age groups with a 10-year overall survival of 87%.Conclusion Patients in our study were generally younger than those with breast cancer in Western nations. However, unlike Western countries, young age was not associated with worse outcomes. ER -