Study of The Possible Risk Factors Attributed to Breast Cancer in Alwasity Secondary School Kirkuk /Iraq

Abstract

Breast cancer is a common health problem affecting 20% of population. One of the risk factors affecting the causation of development of breast cancer is the environmental pollution by chemical and radiation . The presumptive theory lying behind is that ionizing radiation has genotoxic affect causing damage to DNA and mutation with gene alteration that increase the risk in both male and female The breast cancer risk includes being female ,getting older ,and DNA mutation .the study was carried out in Al-wasity secondary school to detect the existence of chemical and radiological remnants of stored weapons during the Iraqi war [2003] using inspector [1000] that detect harmful radiation as gamma rays ,neutron ,and radon ,it was clear that no radiation was detected above the normally and internationally allowed levels in the field of the study .so it is wise to look for other relevant risk factors that may be related to the causation of the ca.breast.