Epidemiological and anatomopathological profile of breast cancer in the region of North-West of Tunisia.

Introduction: Breast cancer is a common and serious disease. It represents the first cause of mortality and morbidity from cancer of Tunisian women and worldwide.

Aim: To analyze the clinico-pathological and evolutionary characteristics of the patients followed at the carcinology's pole in the region of the North-West of Tunisia.

Carcinoma of unknown primary: retrospective study of 437 patients treated at Salah Azaiez Institute.

Background: Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) origin is defined as histologically confirmed metastatic carcinoma in the absence of a detectable primary site at the time of making therapeutic decision.

Aim: To report epidemiological, clinical, histopathological, therapeutic, and prognostic features of CUP's patients collected at the Salah Azaiez institute (SAI).

Methods: We reviewed retrospectively the files of 437 CUP-patients in SAI between January 1994 and December 2006.