Abstract:

Background and objective: More than half of the global cancer burden of breast cancer is found in low- and middle-income countries. The magnitude of cancer mortality will be directly related to the presentation and effectiveness of efforts to treat cancer. This study aims to determine the presentation, management and outcome of breast cancer in an African setting.

Methodology: Retrospective study of all consecutive histologically confirmed cases of breast cancer in women was extracted from patient’s clinical case notes and histopathology reports. Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 25.

Results & discussions: A total of 107 patients were seen in a period of 5 years with a breast cancer prevalence of 6.6 per 100,000. The mean age of presentation is 44.5 years. 90% presented with Invasive ductal carcinoma and 71% presented with TNM stages 3. 77% had modified radical mastectomy and 42% had chemotherapy. No patient had radiotherapy within the setting.

After six months the overall mortality was 10.3%. Only 8.4% patients were seen in the first follow up while 30% were loss to follow up.

Conclusion: The breast cancer is still a major public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. Late presentation and absence of modern management techniques contributes to the high mortality associated with the disease in this region.

Keywords: Breast Cancer, Presentation, Management, Outcome, Kebbi, Nigeria.

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