Remote Correlation of Female Breast Carcinoma Treated by Mastectomy and Post Menopausal Bleeding Due to Endometrial Hyperplasia, Polyps or Endometrial Carcinoma

	Remote Correlation of Female Breast Carcinoma Treated by Mastectomy and Post Menopausal Bleeding Due to Endometrial Hyperplasia, Polyps or Endometrial Carcinoma
Medical Journal of Babylon
Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-169
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in the united states. Now it is ( 1 in 8 ). Breast cancer is 2nd most common cancer in women it affect ( 1 in 11 ) in the united kingdom. Early detection is the only way to control the disease. Seven reported cases of women with carcinoma of the breast stage 1 and 2 were studied. 5 patients had right breast cancer and 2 patients had left breast cancer. The age group was between 40 – 55 years. All patients proved to be carcinoma of the breast which was treated by mastectomy with postoperative radiation and/ or cytotoxic drugs or hormonal therapy. 2 patients were treated by oopherectomy as well. The 10 years survival rates were very good. All patients were alive followed up by the surgeon regularly. After 13-17 years those patients were referred to me by the surgeon because of postmenopausal bleeding. Proper examination and investigations and by surgical management we found that 4 patients had benign endometrial polyps and 3 patients had endometrial carcinoma which were treated by polypectomy and hysterectomy with or without cytotoxic or hormonal therapy. We conclude that there are close relationship between carcinoma of the breast and endometrial carcinoma mainly in susceptible women, even after many years.

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