![]() 8īreast neoplasms have both genetic and environmental risk factors. 8 Data obtained from the Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Registry revealed that 48% of the Bahamian patients diagnosed with breast cancer are aged <50 years and 48% are diagnosed with Stage III. 7 Since 1999, the breast cancer incidence rate (IR) for females in the Bahamas increased from 32% to 49.5%. Other risk factors are the increase in obesity, alcohol consumption, inactivity, and hormone replacement therapy. 6 In addition, there is an increase in the number of women with major breast cancer risk factors, including lower age of menarche, late age of first pregnancy, fewer pregnancies, shorter or no periods of breastfeeding, and a later menopause. ![]() WHO reports that the incidence of breast cancer in the developing countries is increasing due to increased life expectancy, urbanization, and adoption of western lifestyles. ![]() ![]() Cancer is a global problem, 1 and breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, including the Bahamas, 2 – 5 an archipelago of 700 islands of which only 28 are inhabited extending >650 miles from the eastern coast of Florida to the southeastern tip of Cuba, in which New Providence is the main island with a population of ~70.4% of the total population.
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