Biological and histological variability of breast cancer

Abstract

Introduction: breast cancer in women is one of the most studied malignancies. Its risk factors are well identified and it´s one of the pathologies with more classifications throughout the history of Medicine. Objectives: to describe the clinical characteristics of breast cancer in the San Pablo Hospital (Asunción, Paraguay) the period of 2016-2017. Methodology: retrospective descriptive observational design of medical records revision of patients with histological confirmation of breast cancer from San Pablo Hospital (Asunción, Paraguay) in the period of 2016-2017. Results: 75 cases were included. The mean age was 52 ± 11 years. The most frequent histological type was the infiltrating ductal with a moderate degree of differentiation at the time of diagnosis. The clinical stage at the time of the most frequent diagnosis was stage II and the luminal biological type A was the most frequent. The treatment established in most cases were modified radical mastectomy. Conclusions: the most frequent breast cancer was infiltrating ductal, stage II. Modified radical mastectomy was the most used treatment.