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Aim: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the world. The clinical and pathological characteristics in patients with breast cancer were evaluated at a newly established oncology center. Material and Methods: Demographic characteristics of 56 breast cancer patients which have been followed between May 2012 and December 2014, were evaluated according to their clinical and pathological features. Patients were classified according to their age, gender, clinical stage, pathologic features (histological subtype, grade, size, hormone receptor status, lymph node status), type of treatment, surgical procedure, and site of metastasis. Results and Conclusion: All patients were female and median age was 54 years. Among them 29  (52%) was operable and 22 (40%) were metastatic breast cancer, whereas 4 (8%) were locally advanced breast cancer. Histologically, invasive ductal carcinoma, lobulary carcinoma, and mix carcinoma were found in 40 (71.4%), 8  (14%), and 8  (14%) cases, respectively. 33 (60%) patients were estrogen receptor (ER) positive and 31 (56%) patients were progesterone receptor (PR) positive. In early breast cancer, 43  (77%) patients had undergone modified radical mastectomy, 12 (21%) patients were treated by lumpectomy, and one patient had undergone simple mastectomy. In metastatic breast cancer; sites of metastasis were bone, locally and regionally; liver, lung and pleura, and brain. 23 (41%) patients with metastatic breast cancer had received palliative radiation therapy, 6 (11%) had only hormonal therapy and 50 (89%) had chemotherapy with or without hormonal therapy. Key words: Breast cancer, prognostic factors, demographic properties

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