PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - LUCIANO CERMIGNANI AU - CECILIO ALBERDI AU - SANDRA DEMICHELIS AU - LUCIANA FERNÁNDEZ AU - MARCELA M. MARTINUCCI AU - NESTOR ZALAZAR AU - MARCELA MÁRQUEZ AU - AMADA SEGAL-EIRAS AU - MARÍA VIRGINIA CROCE TI - Features Related To Breast Cancer in an Entire Argentine Rural Population DP - 2014 Oct 01 TA - Anticancer Research PG - 5537--5542 VI - 34 IP - 10 4099 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/10/5537.short 4100 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/34/10/5537.full SO - Anticancer Res2014 Oct 01; 34 AB - Aim: A descriptive study was developed in an entire Argentine rural community considering breast cancer risk factors, preventive strategies and breast cancer incidence. Patients and Methods: the study comprised of 83 women. A questionnaire of 34 items was employed; a mammogram and a breast ultrasound were performed. ANOVA and Pearson correlation were employed. Results: Mean age was 54.5 years; 69% of women were postmenopausal; 96% had children; breastfeeding was X=10 months/child; Body Mass Index (BMI) was X=27.8 kg/m2; 13% had first-degree relatives with breast cancer; 90% of women considered mammographic screening a necessary study. One woman had presented breast cancer. Argentine screening guidelines were not followed and an inverse relationship between education level and age of first mammogram was found (p<0.05). Mammographic and ultrasound studies did not reveal potential abnormalities. Conclusion: Peculiar social and cultural characteristics may be relevant to evaluate breast cancer risk factors in Argentina.