Potential breast cancer risk factors among Saudi women aged 19-50 years in Jeddah: a case-control study.

Background And Objectives: The Saudi cancer registry reported in 2009 that the frequency of breast cancer is the highest among all types of cancer among Saudi women aged 30-59 years. The Makkah region had the second highest frequency of reported breast cancer cases, with patients having a median age of 46 years. The objectives of this study were to explore the distribution of selected known and hypothetically claimed breast cancer risk factors among Saudi women aged 19-50 years and describe the association of breast cancer with selected risk factors.

Health care provider's role in facing the future burden of breast cancer in Saudi.

Objective: To investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of health care professionals on the early detection of breast cancer.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Jeddah and Abha regions of Saudi Arabia from May to November 2009. A detailed questionnaire was distributed to 500 doctors from different hospitals.

The knowledge of breast cancer among young Saudi females.

Objective: To assess the breast cancer knowledge level of Saudi female school students.

Methods: A detailed questionnaire on cancer breast was designed with all the needed information. Using a map of the Jeddah area of Saudi Arabia, schools were identified in each area and permission was sought from the Ministry of Education to distribute the questionnaire to the students.

Pattern of HB F level rise during normal pregnancies.

Fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) is the normal hemoglobin (Hb) that is present in the fetus and usually almost absent in adults. The objective of this study was to assess the changes in Hb F levels during normal pregnancy. The level of Hb F was determined in serial blood samples from women at different stages of pregnancy using cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and compared to age and sex-matched controls.