title: Features related to breast cancer in an entire Argentine rural population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A descriptive study was developed in an entire Argentine rural community considering breast cancer risk factors, preventive strategies and breast cancer incidence.
  
  
  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/m(2); 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peculiar social and cultural characteristics may be relevant to evaluate breast cancer risk factors in Argentina.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Inmunológicas Básicas y Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cermignani
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Inmunológicas Básicas y Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Cecilio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alberdi
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Lanús, Lanús, Argentina.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demichelis
authors.affiliation: Secretaría de Salud, Saladillo, Lanús, Argentina.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.affiliation: Hospital Zonal "Dr. Posadas", Saladillo, Lanús, Argentina.
authors.forename: Marcela M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Martinucci
authors.affiliation: Secretaría de Salud, Saladillo, Lanús, Argentina.
authors.forename: Nestor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zalazar
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey N.L., Mexico.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Inmunológicas Básicas y Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Amada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segal-Eiras
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Inmunológicas Básicas y Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina crocevir@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: María Virginia
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Croce
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population
keywords: Argentina; Breast cancer; mammogram; risk factors