Investigating the Survival Rate in Women with Breast Cancer in Iran Arezoo Shayan 1 , Hassan Ahmadinia 2 , Soghra Rabiee 3 , Sharareh Niksiar 4 , Batul Khodakarami 4* 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, Mother and Child Care Research Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 3 Endometrium and Endometriosis Research Centre, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 4 Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hospital & Health Care, Hamadan, Iran ABSTRACT Introduction: The study aimed to "Investigating Survival Rate in Patients Referring to Breast Cancer Registry Centre and Hamadan Oncology Centres". Methods: The demographic data and pathologic findings of the patients were extracted from the Cancer Registry Centre of Hamadan province, and supplementary data were completed using a designed questionnaire through personal interviews with patients or their relatives. Information concerning the mortality registration program was used to determine the patient’s life status and their death date. Result: Of 107 cancer patients, 75 subjects were survived. The mean life span since the incidence of the disease until death was 37.5 months and for the rest of the patients (up to the end of the study), it was approximately 63 months. 56.1% were in the vicinity of the communications pole. The disease of 23% of the subjects exposed to waves, led to their death, and the survival rate of those exposed to communication waves was less than the other group. There was no significant difference in survival rates in terms of employment, education, and marriage (P>0.05). In urban residents, the disease of 27.6% has led to their death, while this ratio was 55.6% in the rural group. The survival rate in the two groups of rural and urban was significantly different (p=0.002) and the survival rate of the subjects who lived in the village was less than the other group. Conclusion: Living in the village and being in the vicinity of the communication pole have been effective in reduced life span. Key words: Breast cancer; Women; Survival HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Arezoo Shayan, Hassan Ahmadinia, Soghra Rabiee, Sharareh Niksiar, Batul Khodakarami, Investigating the Survival Rate in Women with Breast Cancer in Iran , J Res Med Dent Sci, 2020, 8(2): 49-55 Corresponding author: Batul Khodakarami e-mail✉: batulkhodakarami@protonmail.com Received: 09/03/2020 Accepted: 07/04/2020 INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is referred to as the abnormal growth of breast tissue cells, which is divided into two main groups of invasive and carcinoma in situ [1]. This type of cancer in women accounts for about a third of all cancers [2]. According to global statistics, one in every 8 to 10 women suffers from breast cancer, accounting for about 23% of all cases of cancer and 14% of all deaths from cancers in this gender. It was estimated that nearly 1.5 million people were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 [3]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009, breast cancer has killed 519,000 people annually [3]. The age of breast cancer in Iranian women is about one decade earlier than women in Western and developed countries [2,3]. The American National Cancer Society has estimated that among women under the age of 40 in this country, one out of every 225 people, and among sixty-year-old women, one out of every 22 people, and in cases of eighty- year-old women, one out of every 10 people suffer from this condition [2]. According to a review study in Iran, more than 30% of patients are under 30 years old [3]. According to the Health Ministry's Centre for Disease Control, breast cancer in women is ranked first among all ages. In 2009, the number of breast cancer patients in the country were 9186 (25.4% of all women's cancers) and in Hamadan Province, 161 cases (25.7% of all women's cancers) [4]. Breast cancer in young women has a more aggressive nature and a worse prognosis, and lack of its early diagnosis can lead to early death [5]. In a national Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science 2020, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page No: 49-55 Copyright CC BY-NC 4.0 Available Online at: www.jrmds.in eISSN No.2347-2367: pISSN No.2347-2545 JRMDS J o u r n a l o f R e s e a r c h i n M e d i c a l a n d D e n t a l S c i e n c e Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science | Vol. 8 | Issue 2 | April 2020 49