Background: Breast cancer may originate either from the ducts, known as ductal carcinomas or from the lobules, known as lobular carcinomas. There are many different types of breast cancer, with different stages (spread), aggressiveness, and genetic makeup. Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women affecting approximately 6% of the females. It constitutes almost 20% of all malignancies in women. In Egypt, breast cancer affects 37.7% of all women and accounts for 29.1% of their cancer-related mortality with a total of 6546 deaths.