ABSTRACT
One hundred and forty seven cases of breast cancer and one hundred and twenty five normal controls were studied. Full dermatoglyphic analysis was done using an Epi Info Computer program. It was found that atd-angle system appeared to have a little effect on BC; minor palmer creases showed some significant changes, but after stratification they appeared only in OLD BC and nonexistent or modified in YOUNG BC; only RadlpHypH and LRadHypt appeared to be significantly reduced in BC and palmer islands appeared to have no relation to BC; only Lp 45 appeared to be significantly reduced in count in left hand and insignificantly in right h and; all palmer distances were significantly increased bilaterally in all BC cases; ridges on finger distal phalanges were arranged in ulnar loops. The serial differences between any two adjacent fingers appeared to be highly statistically significant in normal controls. In malignant breast, these patternization percentages and differences try to disappear or modify