Cancer Science & Therapy

Wondwossen Ergete

Publications

• Research Article
  Biological and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Breast Cancer at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Bizualem Shenkutie, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Daniel Seifu, Endegena Abebe, Wondwossen Ergete, Amanuel Damie and Wajana Lako LabissoBizualem Shenkutie, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Daniel Seifu, Endegena Abebe, Wondwossen Ergete, Amanuel Damie and Wajana Lako Labisso
  
  Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most heterogeneous types of cancer and is characterized by several molecular subtypes. Descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 137 confirmed BC cases at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) in Ethiopia from December 2015 to November 2016 to assess the biological and clinicopathological characteristics of BC in Ethiopian women patients. Socio-demographic characteristics of the study subjects was obtained with pretested structured interview and clinical data was collected from the Hospital records. Surgical specimens were analysed histopathologically with hematoxyline and eosin staining, and Immunohistochemistry analysis was conducted with specific antibodies to ER, PR and HER2. The mean and median age of the study participants were 47 and 46.7, respectively. More than 50% of the patients were categorized in the age group of 15-40. Sixty .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000504

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