• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.23-43
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• 1997

The work-related diseases due to continuous overwork are mainly cerebro- and cardio-vascular ones, which is commonly called 'Karoshi', death from overwork. Many factors are capable for Karoshi : occupational stress in relation to technological renovation and industrial rationalization, competitive social structure, and accumulated fatigue accured to long time or irregular working. And its occurence is on the rise. The World Labor Report 1993 released by ILO, pointed out the diseases related to overwork and stress as one of the most important occupational health problem. In Korea, social awareness of Karoshi is at an infant stage, and reliable statistics for its occurence are not compiled in a convenient manner. Despite the rising Karoshi, there are no reliable clauses in workmen's compensation enough to settle down the disputes. Therefore, it is not uncommon that the Labour Ministry and Civil Court find difficulties in reaching an agreement. This study was intended to provide proper compensation and prevention program for workers by suggesting reasonable compensation clauses for the death from overwork. This study consists of two comparative reviews on the compensaton clauses for the death from overwork. One is to review legal standards of Karoshi among three countries, such as Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The other is to investigate the cases of Karoshi in Korea, 121 cases identified at the Labor Welfare Corperation and the Labour Ministrial process of examination and reexamination, and 73 leading cases at the High Court of Justice. The main findings of the study are as follows : 1. Comparisons of comperative review on compensation clauses for the death from overwork among three countries. 1) All of three countries have the same kinds of disease for compensation, which were cerebro-and cardiao-vascular diseases, while for cardiac disease group, Korea has the smaller number of diseases for compensation than Japan. 2) As for the definition of overwork, the three countries share equally that overload for one week prior to collapse is considered as an important factor, but accumulated chronic fatigue is disregarded. 3) As the basis of overwork, in Japan, there is a tendency to move from the conditions of an ordinary healthy adult to those of the individual concerned in Japan, whereas there is no such concern yet in Korea. 4) All the three countries use a common standard of medical judgement in demonstrating causal relationship between a job and a disease. However, Korea is progressive in the sense that in the case of CVA at worksite, the worker himself has no obligation to prove the cause. 2. The results of a comparative review on excutive decisions by Labor Ministry and judicial decisions by the Court in Korea : A judicial decision is based on the legalistic probability, but a excutive decision is not. Therefore, excutive decisions have such restrictions that : 1) TIA (transitory ischemic cerebral attack) and myocarditis are excluded from compensation, and there is little consistency of decision in the case of cause-unknown death. 2) There is a tendency not to compensate for the death from overwork since the work terms such as repeated long-time working, shift work or night-shift work are not considered as overloading. 3) There is a tendency to regard the conditions of a ordinary healthy adult rather than those of the individual concerned(age, existing diseases, health state, etc.) as the comparative basis of overload. 4) There remains a tendency not to compensate for the death from overwork in the case of collapse occuring out of workplace, on the ground of 'on the course of working' and 'in the cause of accident'. Through the study, the fact manifests itself that Korea's compensation clauses for work-related diseases due to overwork are very restrictive. So, it is necessary to extend the Labor Ministry's clauses of compensation for the death from overwork following to the recent changes of other countries and internal judicial decisions. This is very important in the perspective of occupational health that aims at health promotion of workers including prevention of the Karoshi.

• Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2008

목 적 : 소아에서 급성 위장관염을 일으키는 흔한 감염성 원인을 알아보고자 세균, 바이러스, 원충을 비교 분석하였으며, 원인체의 유무에 따라 임상양상 중증도의 차이를 연구하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 2006년 1월부터 2006년 12월까지 급성 위장 관염의 증상으로 연세대학교 원주기독병원 소아과에 입원한 15세 미만의 환아를 대상으로 하였으며, 271명의 환아에서 검체를 분석하였으며, 환아의 임상증상을 기록 하였고, Clark 점수를 통해 중증도를 분석하였다. 결 과 : 총 271명의 환아 중 137명(50.5%)에서 바이러스나 세균, 원충이 검출되었다. 바이러스는 86명(31.7%)에서 보고되었으며 rotavirus가 56명(20.6%)에서 보고되어 가장 호발하는 바이러스로 조사되었다. Norovirus는 29명(10.7%), E. coli는 35명(12.9%)에서 보고 되었다. Rotavirus에 의한 위장관염시에 구토, 설사가 빈번한 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 rotavirus를 포함한 바이러스, 세균, 원충의 양성을 보인 환아에서 Clark score는 음성을 보인 환아군과 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결 론 : 소아 위장관염에서 rotavirus가 가장 흔한 바이러스로 나타났으며, 구토, 설사를 흔하게 동반한다. 그러나 rotavirus를 포함한 바이러스나 세균의 양성 여부에 따른 Clark 점수에서는 큰 차이가 없었다. 따라서 보다 객관적인 연구를 위해서는 외래환자를 포함한 대규모의 연구 및 항생제 사용 여부에 대한 고찰이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.370-376
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• 2017

양송이 재배에서 큰 피해를 주고 있는 세균성갈색무늬병(bacterial brown blotch disease)을 유발하는 3가지 병원균에 대해 양송이가 가지는 내성이 후세대에 전달되는지 검증한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 세균성갈색무늬병에 대한 양송이의 내성 정도는 균사생장능력과 상관관계가 없었다. 세균성갈색무늬병에 내성이 강하였던 계통의 후세대 단포자들은 균사체 단계에서는 부모세대처럼 강한 내성을 보이지 않으며, 자실체에서는 균사체에 비해 내성은 감소하였다. 세균성갈색무늬병에 내성이 약하였던 계통의 후세대 단포자들은 균사체 단계에서는 부모세대와 마찬가지로 내성이 매우 약하여, 부모세대가 가진 내성이 후세대로 전달되는 것으로 추측되었다. 자실체에서의 내성은 균사체에서 내성 유무와는 상관관계가 없었다. 따라서 자실체의 갈변 현상은 다른 요인이 복합적으로 관여하여 유발될 것으로 판단된다. Pseudomonas tolaasii는 자실체에서 Pseudomonas agarici에 비해서 갈변을 더 높게 유발시켰으며, Pseudomonas reactans는 균사체에는 큰 영향을 주지 못했지만, 자실체의 갈변에는 영향을 주었다. P. agarici는 자실체보다 균사체 생장억제능이 높았다.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.56-80
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• 1984

The main objectives of the present study is to evaluate Physician's Health Education Activities by means of physician's direct response to the prepared questionnaire and patient's perception to the physician in the course of medical care. For the data collection, the present study was conducted from Aug. 16 to Oct. 7, 1983 for 739 patients and 91 physicians who were attended outpatient clinics of 5 general hospitals in Seoul. The major findings are summarized as follows: 1. Self-evaluation on Physician's Health Education Activities (1) In consideration of health education services for the patient, the data revealed that 9.9% of the sampled physician wanted to strength public health and preventive medicine lecture in the curricula at medical education. On the other hand, only 1.1% expressed that they wanted to make it short. (2) In consideration of the necessity of health education service, it was shown that 95.6% of physicians agreed to take it into consideration. Self expression for the practice of health education was placed on the 3.15 score when 5 point scale used. (3) To evaluate the degree of an explanation about medical care for the patient, Index score with 4 point scale was employed. The Index score for the first time was shown that scale was placed on 3.23 for 'diagnosis', 3.12 for 'progress of the disease', 3.11 for 'discription of procedure' and 3.02 for 'cause of the disease' respectively. In comparison of the physician's explanation about the status of disease for the first and the second visitors to clinic, they evaluated themselves as giving more detailed explanation for the second visitors rather than the first visitors. 2. Physician's Health Education Services evaluated by patients (1) To evaluate physician-patient communication at beginning time for taking history about disease, the Index score with 5 point scale was employed. The data on taking history have shown that the score placed on 3.07 for those patients who visited the first time and 2.53 for second visitors. And the score about listening from the patients was placed on 3.52 and 3.42 respectively. (2) The Index score with 5 point scale, as used before, was also employed to evaluate medical care services for the patient. The data evaluated by the patients was shown that the score placed on 4.21 for patient treatment in general, 4.58 for physician's credibility, and 3.6 for physician's kindness. However, approximately 80% of those who failed to understand physician's explanation was caused by highly sophisticated medical terminology. (3) According to the Index score with 4 point scale, to evaluate physician's explanation, the data was shown that the patient who visited the first time gave 2.51 for 'diagnosis', 2.35 for 'progress', 2.11 for 'cause of the disease' and so on. It is acknowledged on the whole that the patients who visited the second time have more satisfaction in physician's explanation about their disease, than those who visited the first time. 3. Comparison of self-evaluation of Physician's Health Education Activities and patient's perception. (1) There was communication barriers between physicians and patients in expressing some medical terminology. For example physician understood that they explained more than 50% of medical terminology into common words for the patient, but 30% of patient complained medical terminology used by physician. (2) Comparing the index score of health education practice recognized by patients and physicians for both first visit and revisit groups, it was shown that the Index score of health education activities evaluated by physicians themselves were slightly higher than the score evaluated by patients.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.370-377
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• 2003

연구배경 : 주폐포자충은 HIV 감염자에서 폐렴을 일으키는 주요 원인인데, 최근에 면역 기능이 저하된 환자들이 중가하면서 HIV 비감염자에서 발생되는 PCP가 늘어나고 있다. 연구자들은 HIV 감염자 및 비감염자에서 PCP의 임상 양상을 비교해 보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1996년부터 2002년까지 연세대학교 의과대학 세브란스 병원에서 PCP로 진단 받은 환자를 대상으로 의무기록을 후향적으로 조사하여 환자들의 연령, 성별, 기저 질환, 면역 억제제의 사용, 검사 소견, 임상적 경과, 치료 및 예후 등에 대하여 알아보았고, HIV 감염자와 비감염자의 임상 양상을 비교하였다. 결 과 : PCP로 진단받은 25명의 환자 중에서 HIV 감염자는 16명, HIV 비감염자는 9명이었다. HIV 감염자의 평균 연령이 ($41.0{\pm}9.6$세) 비감염자보다($47.7{\pm}17.9$세) 낮았으나 통계적 의의는 없었다. HIV 비감염자에서 동반된 기저 질환으로는 혈액학적 악성질환이 7예, 장기 이식 l예, 염증성 질환 l예 등이 있었다. HIV 비감염자 중 77.8%가 2개월 이내에 면역억제제를 복용한 적이 있었다. 방사선 소견은 HIV 감염자에서는 12예(75%)에서 PCP에 전형적인 양측성의 폐문 주위 간유리혼탁 소견을 보였는데, 비감염자에서는 4예(44.4%)에서 전형적 방사선 소견을 나타냈다. HIV 비감염자에는 치료를 위해 스테로이드를 같이 사용한 경우가 6예(66.7%)였는데, 감염자에서는 스테로이드를 같이 사용한 경우는 12 예(75.0%) 였다. 인공 호흡기 치료를 시행한 경우는 HIV 비감염자에서는 2예(22.2%)였고, 감염자에서는 6예(37.5%)였다. HIV 비감염자의 사망률은 11.1% 였으나, 감염자의 사망률은 50.0% 였다. 결 론 : PCP는 HIV 감염자와 비감염자에서 다른 임상양상을 나타내는 경향이 있었으며, 향후 HIV 감염자 및 비감염자에서의 PCP의 위험 인자, 치료 및 예후, 예방 요법의 적응 및 지침 등에 대한 보다 많은 예에서의 전향적인 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.471-477
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• 2000

연구배경 : 만성기침은 외래에서 접하는 흔한 증상으로 후비루 증후군, 기관지 천식 그리고 위식도 역류가 흔한 원인으로 알려져있다. 그중 알레르기성 비염과 기관지 천식은 알레르기성 염증반응이 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 혈청 CD23치와 CD25치는 림프구 매개 알레르기성 염증반응에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이번 연구에서는 만성기침을 주소로 내원한 환자를 전향적으로 연구하여 원인을 밝히고 이중 일부의 환자에서 혈청 CD23 치와 CD25 치를 측정하여 만성기침환자에서 림프구 매개 알레르기성 염증반응이 관여하는 지를 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법 : 3주 이상 기침을 주소로 내원한 105명을 대상으로 전향적으로 진단적 검사를 시행하였고, 또한 만성기침환자 56명과 정상대조군 10명을 대상으로 CD23 test Kit와 Human IL-2 immunoassay를 이용하여 혈청 CD23와 CD25값을 비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 본 연구에서 만성기침의 원인 질환으로는 후비루증후군이 57%로 가장 많은 빈도를 차지하였고, 기관지 천식이 10.5%를 차지하고 있었다. 만성기침으로 인한 합병증은 기침으로 인한 대화의 장애가 가장 많았으며 그 외에도 수면장애와 요실금의 빈도가 높았다. 혈청 CD23와 CD25는 대조군과 비교하였을 때 전체 만성 기침 환자군에서는 대조군에 비해 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 기관지 천식환자에서는 혈청 CD23가 대조군 및 원인 불명의 군에 비해 의미있게 증가되어 있었다. 결 론 : 만성기침환자중 기관지 천식 환자에서 림프구 매개의 알레르기 염증반응이 병태생리에 관여할 것으로 판단된다.

• 제3의학
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.55-84
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• 1997

Inferential structure and reality problem is a serious issue to O.M.(oriental medicine). The study will analyze this issue through a philosophical and historical comparative study of W.M.M(Western modern medicine) and O.M. First, I presuppose some basic ideas. The first is the division of the 'the philosophy of medicine' and 'the medicine itself'. Second, there is a 'visibility' that discriminate between 'the abstractive concept' and 'the concrete object' in diagnostic terminology. The third is the separation of disease, the entity and disease, the phenomenon. Finally, the distinction between the cause of disease and the nature of disease. Through these basic concepts, this study will analyze O.M's diagnostic methodology, 'Pattern identification of the S.A.S(sign and symptom)'. The results are follows: 1. O.M's views disease as a phenomenon. So, the S.A.S, which is visible, is the disease itself. Tough the analysis and inference of the S.A.S, 證(zheng) the essence is derived. 2. 證(zheng) can be considered as 'the abstractive concept' reflecting the essence of a disease. 3. 證(zheng) is not arrived through causal sequence reasoning but rather by analogical reasoning. 4. 證(zheng) is 'the non-random correlative combination of S.A.S', pattern. These patterns secure the abstractive deduction in reality. that is, The causality, the positivism, the view of disease as entity, and anatomical knowledge are the traits peculiar to W.M.M. But, these properties can not be applied universally to every medical systems. Also, these properties do not indicate the superiority or inferiority of any medical system. 5. 證(zheng) summarizes the patients condition simultaneously with the S.A.S. However, 證(zheng) doesn't necessarily indicate the knowledge about the actual internal organ. That is, Early in O.M.'s history, the diagnostic terminologies including 證(zheng) were analogical reflections of a naive knowledge of internal organs and external environmental factors. Later, the naive knowledge in 證(zheng) changed int new nature, an abstractive concept. The confusion of the concept of disease, the indiscriminate acceptance of Western anatomical knowledge, and the O.M.'s theoretical evolution et are the challenge facing modern O.M. To find solutions, this study looks at the sequence of the birth of W.M.M. and then compares it's system with the O.M. system. The confusion of the concept of disease, the indiscriminate acceptance of Western anatomical knowledge, and the O.M.'s theoretical evolution et are the challenge facing modern O.M. To find solutions, this study looks at the sequence of the birth of W.M.M. and then compares it's system with the O.M. system. It is recommended that O.M. diagnostics should pay close attention to the ambiguity of the diagnostic methodology in order to further development. At present time, the concept and the system peculiar to O.M. can not be explained by common language. but O.M.'s practitioner can not persist in this manner an: longer. Along with the internal development of O.M., the adjustment of O.M.'s diagnostic terminology needs to be adopted.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권23호
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• pp.10193-10198
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• 2015

Background: Cancer is a major cause of mortality in developing countries and correct and valid information about the epidemiology of this disease is the first step in the planning of health care in each region. The aim of this study was to determine the relative frequency, mean age and sex ratio of the most 10 common non-skin cancers in the world and Iran, among patients referred to an oncology clinic. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Mashhad, north east of Iran. The data obtained from the records of patients referred to the private oncology center between the years of 1985-2012". According to the latest report of GLOBOCAN study commonest malignancies included were lung, breast, colorectal, prostate, stomach, liver, cervix, esophageal, bladder cancers and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Results: A total of 4,606 cases were analyzed. The mean age was $55.5{\pm}13.8years$ (male: $59.5{\pm}13.9$, female: $52.6{\pm}12.9$). Overall, breast cancer (1,264 cases, relative frequency of 27.4%) was the most prevalent cancer; however the mean ages of diagnosis were not significantly different between 5-year time period divisions (p=0.290). The most common cancer in men was esophageal cancer (26.3%).The lowest mean age was related to women diagnosed with breast cancer ($48.5{\pm}11.8$) and men with non-Hodgkins lymphoma ($48.4{\pm}17.8$). There were statistically significant differences between the mean age of men and women with gastric (p=0.003) and esophageal cancers (p<0.001). Male to female sex ratios in our study for bladder, lung and stomach cancers were 6.57, 2.60 and 2.50 respectively. Conclusions: The results showed that breast cancer tends to be found in younger female patients and bladder cancer appears more often in men. Screening in target population in addition to early diagnosis may reduce death and disability.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.760-773
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• 2000

연구배경 : 폐결핵의유병률이 높고 폐암이 증가추세에 있는 우리나라에서 객혈의 원인질환에 따른 임상양상을 조사하여 객혈환자의 진단에 도움이 되고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 1994년 1월부터 1998년 12월까지 국립의료원 흉부내과에 객혈을 주소로 내원 하였던 환자의 임상기록을 중심으로 후향적으로 조사하였다. 결과 : 1) 대상환자는 220례로 49.3세였고 남녀비는 2.1:1 였다. 2) 원인질환은 활동성폐결핵이 72례(32.7%), 비활동성폐결핵 69례 (31.4%) 폐암 43례(19.5%), 기관지확장증 16례(7.3%), 만성기관지염 10례 (4.5%) 였으며, 활동성폐결핵에서는 신환과 재발, 만성 환자는 비슷한 분포를 보였고 비활동성폐결핵에서는 78.3%에서 기관지확장증이나 국균종이 병발되어 있었다. 연령별로는 30대이전에는 활동성폐결핵이 30대에서 50대 사이에는 비활동성 폐결핵이 50대이후 폐암이 많았다. 3) 객혈량은 기관지확장증과 국균종이 병발된 비활동성폐결핵, 만성활동성폐결핵에서 가장 많았고 객혈 지속기간은 폐암에서 가장 길었다. 4) 활동성 폐결핵은 73.5%에서 세균학적으로 증명되었고 균음성 활동성폐결핵과 비활동성폐결핵 및 그병발증과 기관지확장증은 고해상도 CT를 주진단 방법으로 사용하였다. 폐암은 28례에서 객담 세포진 검사로 11례에서는 조직검사로 4례는 경피적 세침술검사로 확진하였다. 5) 객혈의치료는 내과적 치료 172례 (71.7%), 기관지동맥 색전술 39례(17.8%) 수술 9례, 사망 3례였고 22.4개월 추적기간동안 재출혈은 56.5% 였다. 결론 : 우리나라에서 폐결핵은 여전히 객혈의 가장 흔한 원인 이며， 50 대 이후에 소량 객혈이 1개월 이상 지속시 폐암에 의한 객혈을 염두에 두어야 하고 폐결핵의 치료력이 있는 객혈환자의 진단에 HRCT가 유용함을 알수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.7445-7449
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• 2013

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the one of the most common cancers in women. It is also a leading cause of death. Unfortunately, some patients initially present with distant metastases and are diagnosed with stage IV disease that is nearly always, by then, incurable. This retrospective analysis investigated the risk factors for stage IV BC that may underlie such late presentation. Materials and Methods: In all, 916 patients with BC who visited the medical oncology polyclinic of eight different centres in Turkeybetween December 2011 and January 2013 were analysed. Results: A total of 115 patients (12.6%) presented with stage IV disease. In univariate analysis; to comparing these with patients at other stages, no statistical difference was found for median diagnosis age or age at menarche (p=0.611 and p=0.820), whereas age at menopause and age at first live birth were significant (p=0.018 and p=0.003). No difference was detected in terms of accompanying diseases, use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy, smoking, alcohol consumption and the rate of family history of BC between the patients (p=0.655, p=0.389, p=0.762, p=0.813, p=0.229, p=0.737). However, screening methods were employed less often, the rate of illiteracy was higher, and the rate of other cancers was higher in patients with stage IV BC (p=0.022, p=0.022, p=0.018). No statistical difference was observed between the patients in terms of tumour histopathology, and status of oestrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, or human epidermal growth factor-2 receptor (p=0.389, p=0.326, p=0.949, p=0.326). Grade 3 tumours were more frequent in patients with stage IV disease (p<0.001). On multivariate analysis, risk factors for stage IV breast cancer at the time of presentation were found to be age at first live birth and educational level (p=0.003 and p=0.047). Conclusions: Efforts should be made to perform mammography scans, in particular, at regular intervals through national training programs for all women, particularly those with family histories of breast and other types of cancer, and to establish early diagnosis of BC long before it proceeds to stage IV. Additionally, women's education had better be upgraded. In order to make women aware of BC, national education-programmes must be organised.