Abstract

Cancer is the third leading cause of death in the world and is complex because of multifactor. More than 30 of cancer deaths could be prevented by changes on factors such as smoking, overweight, unhealthy foods, low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity, and air pollution. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Iranian women. Breast cancer burden is twofold in Yazd than Iran. This study was conducted with the aim of survey of the risk factors associated with breast cancer in Yazd hospitals. in this case-control study, 150 cases and 150 controls were examined. Factors of personal and feeding patient�s habits were studied. Sampling conducted with the way available. Data collection was conducted through interview. Analysis was done by SPSS using statistical tests x2 and logistic regression. mean and standard deviation age of cases and controls subjects was 51.61 10.52 and 51.55 10.27 respectively. Factors of education, exercise duration, exposure to smoke, sleep duration, consumption of dairy products, oil, fast food, fried food, meat, fruit and vegetables were a significant difference in the groups (p<0.05). Factors of birthplace, marital status, time of awaking and driving were not observed significant differences between the groups. (P> 0.05). note that in this study the dietary habits and physical activity were identified influencing factors suggesting people have to take care for the prevention and take care for the prevention and early detection. © 2015, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.