background: although breast cancer imposes a considerable economic burden on high-income countries, there is limited knowledge about its economic burden in low- and middle-income countries (lmcs), including iran. in this study, we estimated the economic burden of breast cancer in iran in 2010. methods: we used the prevalence-based approach and estimated the direct and indirect costs of all brea...

background: to explore a possible rela!onship among blood groups and the prognosis of breast cancer, this case- control study was carried out in arak city, arak province, iran. materials and methods: one hundred and thirty four pa!ents with breast cancer were inves!gated. abo blood groups were obtained from medical records. mul!variate analyses were performed, including size of tumor, axillary ...

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background: the occurrence and the mortality related to breast cancer (bc) in iranian female population has increased over time. although there are many studies on bc and related risk factors, however, the epidemiological aspects of this melanoma in iranian females are uncertain. therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between demographical and clinical factors on the...

background tomosynthesis is a new technology of digital mammography that enables the acquisition of a three - dimensional image and allows visualization of cancers not apparent by conventional mammography. ultrasound (us) is also used for tumor monitoring, which is highly operator dependent and has some problems with reproducibility. us is also an easily available and noninvasive modality. our ...

background: acute radiation dermatitis is a very common side effect of radiation therapy in large numbers of cancers including breast cancer. despite high prevalence rate of acute radiation dermatitis and also wet desquamation, a few trials on prophylaxis of this complication using topical treatment have been conducted. despite effectiveness of topical corticosteroids in treatment of acute radi...

background: when a couple confronts cancer, there is a major impact on their psychosocial life. marital life and satisfaction with that are important factors in the quality of life of breast cancer patient. the aim of this research was to predict marital satisfaction based on hardiness in women with breast cancer methods: a total of 100 women with breast cancer participated in this study and co...

background: sexual dysfunction in breast cancer patients is considered as a common and distressing problem. considering the increasing number of breast cancer survivors living for longer periods of time with the disease and the importance of their quality of life, we conducted the present study to compare the sexual functioning in breast cancer patients with their healthy counterparts. methods:...

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases in women and causes more deaths rather than other cancers. The increasing trend of breast cancer in Iran makes clear the need of extensive breast cancer research in this area. Some studies showed that in the variety countries and even in the different areas in one country has different risk of breast cancer incidence and this is a rea...

background: leptin plays a key role in the regulation of energy expenditure and is known to circulate in both free and bound forms. soluble leptin receptor (sob-r) is a unique circulating form of leptin receptor that can bind to leptin. leptin and leptin receptor have been implicated in processes leading to breast cancer initiation and progression. our study was aimed to investigate the relatio...