Treatment-related characteristics (N = 144).

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women globally. While advances in early diagnosis and systemic therapies have improved survival, they have also increased the likelihood of brain metastases over time, particularly in low-resource settings where limited diagnostic and treatment capacity exacerbates the burden of late-stage disease. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and describe the clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer patients diagnosed with brain metastasis in a limited-resource healthcare setting. This research was a single-institution-based quantitative cross-sectional study. Socio-demographic, clinical and pathological data were extracted from patients’ medical records as well as the hospital-based cancer registry. Data were analyzed using STATA software (version 16). Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were performed. The study involved 144 adult female metastatic breast cancer patients with a mean age of 48.7 years (SD 11.3). The prevalence of brain metastasis was 17.5%. Only 4.9% presented with de novo brain metastasis, p