Breast Cancer Risk Reduction by Parity and Breastfeeding, Islamic Perspective; A Case Control Study

Atieh Akbari; AR Hadi; A Akhavan Tabib; AR Majd; Z Razaghi; MM Esfahani; ME Akbari

International Journal of Cancer Management

The Official Journal of Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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Breast Cancer Risk Reduction by Parity and Breastfeeding, Islamic Perspective; A Case Control Study

Author(s):

Atieh Akbari¹,

AR Hadi¹,

A Akhavan Tabib¹,

AR Majd¹,

Z Razaghi¹,

MM Esfahani¹,

ME Akbari^1,*

1Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Cancer Management:Vol. 3, issue 2; e80662

Published online:Jun 30, 2010

Article type:Research Article

Received:Feb 20, 2010

Accepted:Apr 20, 2010

How to Cite:Atieh AkbariAR HadiA Akhavan TabibAR MajdZ RazaghiMM EsfahaniME Akbariet al.Breast Cancer Risk Reduction by Parity and Breastfeeding, Islamic Perspective; A Case Control Study.Int J Cancer Manag.3(2):e80662.

Abstract

Introduction: Verses in Holy Quran; 233 surat Al-Baghare , 15 Al-Ahghaf , 14 Loghman and 6 Al-Talagh, breastfeeding, gravidity, and parity recommended to the parents and expected their children to be accountable to the parents; particularly to mothers due to tolerate of pregnancy and breastfeeding duration.

Methods: The case-control study included 376 patients diagnosed between 2001-2006 and control group were 425 people. Two groups matched by demographic variants and socioeconomic status. The data inserted into SPSS -16. Logistic regression models used to examine the relations of the breast cancer risk with reproductive factors. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals computed as measures of association from the logistic models. All p-values reported two –sided.

Results: The Cases were more likely to be non pregnant. The parous women had a lower risk than nulliparous.The number of children reduced the risk of breast cancer; however it was significant only for 1-3 parities. The breastfeeding results showed it was significantly protective against breast cancer comparison with never breastfeeding. The breastfeeding trend was significantly protective against breast cancer.

Discussion: The parity and breastfeeding were effective in reduction of breast cancer risk. The results confirmed the recommendations of the Holly Quran and the messengers of Allah that parity and breastfeeding, (Eighteen to twenty four months for a child) have the best protective effect against breast cancer.

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