Τόμος 34 (2020) – Τεύχος 3 –Άρθρο 2 – Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – Διεθνής Έκδοση – Volume 34 (2020) – Issue 3 – Article 2 – Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition

Anastasia Bothou¹, Panagiotis Tsikouras², Stefanos Zervoudis³, Georgios Tsatsaris², Georgios Iatrakis³, Dimitra Apostolidi¹, Aikaterini Lykeridou¹

¹Department of Midwifery, University of West Attica (UniWA), Athens, Greece

²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

³REA Hospital, Athens, Greece

Purpose: To investigate a possible risk factor for breast cancer: allergic status. This relation has not been explored very much in the literature.  

Material-Methods: 391 women who consulted in two breast clinics were enrolled in this study. From these, 238 had breast cancer and 153 had benign breast diseases or normal breast exams. All participants were examined clinically and with breast ultrasound, while those ≥40 years old, also with bilateral digital mammography. The statistic method used was x² (Chi-square test).

Results: Our study showed statistically significant positive correlation between allergic status and breast cancer (p<0.001).

Conclusion: This study pointed out that more than the “classic” risk factors for developing breast cancer, there are probably another “non-classic” risk factor represented by allergic status of the patient.

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