EXCESS WEIGHT AS AN ETIOLOGICAL FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALIGNANT NEW BREAST FORMATIONS
This study the data of the territorial chancellor register of the Smolensk region and the official accounting and reporting medical documentation of the surgical department No. 2 "Smolensk regional oncological clinical clinic" were analyzed. A sample consisting of 220 breast cancer patients who received treatment in the above-mentioned institution during 10 months of 2019 was performed. The patients were divided into groups and compared according to the main criteria. Analysis of breast cancer occurrence depending on body weight and age was carried out. The study concluded that the risk of breast cancer is higher in overweight patients than in patients with reduced and normal body weight index, mainly in the age range of 60 to 74 years.