PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Balqis Alabdulkarim
AU  - Mazen Hassanain
AU  - Areej Bokhari
AU  - Abdulaziz AlSaif
AU  - Hana Alkarji
TI  - Age distribution and outcomes in patients undergoing breast cancer resection in Saudi Arabia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2018.5.21993
DP  - 2018 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 464--469
VI  - 39
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/5/464.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/39/5/464.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2018 May 01; 39
AB  - 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.