A Cross-Sectional Study for Patients with Cytomegalovirus and Breast Cancer in Baghdad

The objectives of the research are to determine the factors that influence breast cancer and to study the relationship between cytomegalovirus and breast cancer. The study was conducted between January 2021 and December 2021 in Baghdad. It was found that 25 (67.56%) of the infected married women take contraceptive pills, while 12 (32.43%) of the infected unmarried women take oral contraceptive pills to regulate their menstrual cycle. The highest prevalence of breast cancer was within the age group 40-49 years for married and unmarried women, 17 (43.58%) and 10 (37.03%), respectively. 32 (48.48%) of the women had a family history of breast cancer either on the mother's side or the father's side or both. 34 (51.51%) of women diagnosed with breast cancer had no family history of cancer, and 10 (70.03%) of married women diagnosed with breast cancer depend on artificial feeding to feed their children after childbirth, 3 (11.11%) rely on both artificial and natural breastfeeding, while 14 (51.85%) of the infected women depended on breastfeeding and feeding their children. 7 (26.92%) of the married women gave positive results for the anti-CMV IgG and anti-CMV IgM , while 19 (73.07%) were unmarried. Most of the patients had a BMI between normal and obese class II. The gene of HCMV present in all patient samples (100%).