Spanish Chinese Russian German French Japanese Portuguese Hindi Telugu Tamil
Flyer

Archives in Cancer Research

  • ISSN: 2254-6081
  • Journal h-index: 14
  • Journal CiteScore: 3.77
  • Journal Impact Factor: 4.09
  • Average acceptance to publication time (5-7 days)
  • Average article processing time (30-45 days) Less than 5 volumes 30 days
    8 - 9 volumes 40 days
    10 and more volumes 45 days
Awards Nomination 20+ Million Readerbase
PMC/PubMed Indexed Articles

Clinical Challenges to Current Molecularly Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Critical Review of the Role of Surgery for Resection

Google Scholar citation report
Citations : 1140

Archives in Cancer Research received 1140 citations as per Google Scholar report

Flyer image
Indexed In
  • China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
  • CiteFactor
  • OCLC- WorldCat
  • Publons
  • Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  • Euro Pub
  • Google Scholar
  • J-Gate
  • Secret Search Engine Labs
  • International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
  • Zenodo
View More
Share This Page

Socio economic status and the risk of breast cancer among Nigerian women

Joint Event on 36th World Cancer Conference & 3rd Edition of International Conference on Colorectal Cancer
October 11-13, 2018 Zurich, Switzerland

Samuel O Azubuike

Newcastle University, UK

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Arch Cancer Res

Abstract:

Breast cancer incidence in Nigeria has risen by > 120% since 2010, while its mortality record (25.9 /100 000/year) ranks highest in Africa. Unfortunately, studies investigating breast cancer risk factors in the Africa are few and none of these studies was aimed at investigating the role of socioeconomic status (SES) .High socioeconomic status has been implicated in developed countries. In Nigeria, though widespread poverty remain conspicuous in the general population, recent reports have suggested that the SES of many women has been improving over the past few decades. It is therefore the aim of this study to investigate whether there is any association between the socioeconomic status of Nigerian women and risk of breast cancer. The study was a hospital based case-control design involving 376 histologically confirmed breast cancer cases and 404 controls. The participants selected across five facilities in the north and southern Nigeria were interviewed in-person and appropriate measurements taken. Cases were selected mainly from the oncology wards while controls were mainly from the ophthalmology wards. Data analysis was based on logistic regression using SPSS. Socioeconomic status was measured based on the woman, her husband or family status where applicable. Contrary to expectations, significant protective association was obtained for women at the highest level of education (OR=0.323, 95%CI: 0.132-0.791), highest level of income (OR=0.448, 95%CI: 0.230- 0.873), family income (OR=0.367, 95%CI: 0.192-0.705) compared to those at the lowest level. More so all measures of income showed independent significant association following adjustments for education and income. The findings strongly suggested that improving socioeconomic status of Nigerian women through improved access to higher education and higher income will provide a huge opportunity for breast cancer reduction in Nigeria and Africa.

Biography :

E-mail:

s.o.Azubuike2@ncl.ac.uk

PDF HTML