Risk Profile in a Sample of Patients with Breast Cancer from the Public Health Perspective

Authors

  • Sorina IRIMIE National Institute of Public Health - Regional Centre for Public Health Cluj, 6 Louis Pasteur, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Mariana VLAD National Institute of Public Health - Regional Centre for Public Health Cluj, 6 Louis Pasteur, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Ileana Maria MIREŞTEAN National Institute of Public Health - Regional Centre for Public Health Cluj, 6 Louis Pasteur, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Ovidiu BĂLĂCESCU “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Carmen LISENCU “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Emil PUSCAŞ “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Bogdan FETICA “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Patriciu ACHIMAŞ “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Loredana BĂLĂCESCU “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Babes-Bolyai University, 1st Mihail Kogalniceanu, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Ioana BERINDAN-NEAGOE “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Alexandru IRIMIE “Ion Chiricuţa” Cancer Institute, 34-36 Republicii, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Keywords:

Risk, Breast cancer, Obesity.

Abstract

Cancer represents a major public health and economical burden in developed countries and has emerged as a major public health problem in developing countries, matching its effect in industrialized nations. Although there have been recent declines in breast cancer mortality rates in some European Union countries, breast cancer remains of key importance to public health in Europe. Now days there is increasing recognition of the causative role of lifestyle factors, as smoking, diet, alcohol consumption, or lake of physical activity. The present study aimed to appreciate the presence and magnitude of modifiable risk factors for breast cancer in a sample of patients diagnosed with the disease, and to outline a risk profile liable to be changed in the intention of reducing the global risk. Risk factors have been investigated in 65 patients diagnosed with breast cancer using a questionnaire for breast cancer risk factors evaluation. The high risk profile was identified as taking shape for urban environment, modulated by the impact of overweight-obesity, smoking, reproductive factors and environmental exposure to different chemical substances. From the public health perspective, the control of overweight and obesity comes out in the foreground of preventive activities. Public health approaches emphasize on inexpensive, practical methods and in this perspective the approach of obesity should focus on the alteration of environmental context, promoting healthy eating and increased physical activity which could have a positive, independent impact on breast cancer risk.

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IRIMIE S, VLAD M, MIREŞTEAN IM, BĂLĂCESCU O, LISENCU C, PUSCAŞ E, FETICA B, ACHIMAŞ P, BĂLĂCESCU L, BERINDAN-NEAGOE I, IRIMIE A. Risk Profile in a Sample of Patients with Breast Cancer from the Public Health Perspective. Appl Med Inform [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 18 [cited 2024 Dec. 3];27(4):21-30. Available from: https://ami.info.umfcluj.ro/index.php/AMI/article/view/18

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