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Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia

Cancer breast is a growing problem in the community of Malaysia and all over the world. It is considered one of the fatal health problems. It is the most common cancer among female population in both developed and developing countries. (Globacon, IARC, 1008) Similarly, in Malaysia, it is the most...

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Main Author: Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin
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Published: 2015
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spelling my.iium.irep.458042015-11-27T01:01:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45804/ Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin R Medicine (General) Cancer breast is a growing problem in the community of Malaysia and all over the world. It is considered one of the fatal health problems. It is the most common cancer among female population in both developed and developing countries. (Globacon, IARC, 1008) Similarly, in Malaysia, it is the most common form of cancer affecting women, about 1 in 19 women are at risk of having cancer breast The Ministry of Health in Malaysia promotes breastfeeding as it is very beneficial to both the mother and the baby. It was found from many literatures done in other places over the world that breastfeeding will significantly decrease the risk of cancer breast for the mother and even the child,. It has been found that the relation is strongly affected by the duration of breastfeeding. So accordingly, it is important to do a study in Terengganu, as it was not done before, to find if the relation matches with the results in other countries. Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ) is chosen as it is the main referral hospital in Terengganu. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45804/1/bf_and_breast_cancer_risk__a_case_control_study_in_terengganu_malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45804/2/tentative_program.pdf Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin (2015) Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia. In: 4th Conference on Lactation & Motherhood 2015, 8th-10rh Nov. 2015, Madinah-movenpick Hotel, Movenpick. (Unpublished)
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Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin
Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia
description Cancer breast is a growing problem in the community of Malaysia and all over the world. It is considered one of the fatal health problems. It is the most common cancer among female population in both developed and developing countries. (Globacon, IARC, 1008) Similarly, in Malaysia, it is the most common form of cancer affecting women, about 1 in 19 women are at risk of having cancer breast The Ministry of Health in Malaysia promotes breastfeeding as it is very beneficial to both the mother and the baby. It was found from many literatures done in other places over the world that breastfeeding will significantly decrease the risk of cancer breast for the mother and even the child,. It has been found that the relation is strongly affected by the duration of breastfeeding. So accordingly, it is important to do a study in Terengganu, as it was not done before, to find if the relation matches with the results in other countries. Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ) is chosen as it is the main referral hospital in Terengganu.
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author Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin
author_facet Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin
author_sort Abd Alla Yousseff, Nivin Essameldin
title Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_short Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_fullStr Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in Terengganu, Malaysia
title_sort breastfeeding and breast cancer risk: a case control study in terengganu, malaysia
publishDate 2015
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