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The aim of this study was to examine breast cancer tumour and surgical treatment features for women born in Arabic\u2010speaking countries and compare them to women born in Australia and other countries. Another aim was to consider how this information can inform clinical care for this multicultural population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is a retrospective audit of an institutional breast cancer database. Demographic, tumour and surgical treatment data were extracted for the Arab women and compared to Australian\u2010born women (comparison 1) and to women born in all other countries (comparison 2); chi\u2010squared analysis was performed to test for differences between groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 2086 cases with country of birth information were identified, of whom 139 women (6.7%) were born in Arabic\u2010speaking countries, 894 (42.8%) were born in Australia and 1053 (50.4%) were born in other countries (71 nations). Arab women tended to be younger (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.013), more disadvantaged (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u20090.001), were more likely to have symptomatic rather than screen\u2010detected breast cancer (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u20090.001), had a higher rate of high grade (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.021), HER2\u2010positive (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.025) breast cancer compared to Australian\u2010born women or others. There was no difference in tumour (pT) stage, rate of breast conservation versus mastectomy, re\u2010excision and contralateral prophylactic mastectomy between groups. Australian\u2010born women were more likely to undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;\u20090.001); reconstruction rate was &gt;29% in all groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Women born in Arabic\u2010speaking countries were younger, more disadvantaged and showed more aggressive tumour features. 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