female cancer, especially breast and gynecologic cancers are considered multistage disease, highly influenced by risk and protective factors and/or screening preventive modalities. consequences of all these factors result in the trend of change over time.in this comparative study, based on data of national cancer registry of iran 2004 published by iranian ministry of health, age - standard inci...

OBJECTIVES Male breast cancer is a rare disease of largely unknown aetiology. In addition to genetic and hormone-related risk factors, a large number of environmental chemicals are suspected of playing a role in breast cancer. The identification of occupations or occupational exposures associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer in men may help to identify mammary carcinogens in the...

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a distinct type of breast carcinoma and represents 5-15% of invasive breast carcinomas in female. However, the occurrence of ILC is exceptional in male breast, and the incidence is 1.5-1.9% of male breast carcinomas. Herein, we report a case of pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in a male breast. A 76-year-old Japanese male with a history of treatment with a proge...

Cowden syndrome (CS) (OMIM 158350) is a multiple hamartoma syndrome associated with germline mutations in the PTEN tumour suppressor gene. While CS is characterised most commonly by non-cancerous lesions (mucocutaneous trichilemmomas, acral and palmoplantar keratoses, and papillomatous papules), it is also associated with an increased susceptibility to breast cancer (in females) and thyroid can...

background: lactating adenoma is a benign breast mass related to physiological changes during pregnancy and increased estrogen level. fibroadenoma and breast cancer should be considered in the differential diagnosis of this lesion. the purpose of this study was to report cases of lactating adenoma in breast cancer research center (bcrc) and review the relevant literature. methods: all patients ...

Male breast cancer is an uncommon disease accounting for only 1% of all breast cancers. We present the evaluation, treatment and outcome of male patients seen with breast cancer in our institution. Male patients that had histological diagnosis of breast cancer from 2001 to 2010 were retrospectively evaluated. After evaluation patients were treated with modified radical mastectomy. Combination c...

Introduction 
 Breasts are organs found in both male and female representatives. The main building blocks of the breast fatty tissue glandular tissue. As far as women concerned, cancer is most commonly upper outer quadrant. It one common cancers among worldwide therefore an important public health issue. latest data indicate that problem currently affects more than 10% from all over world....

OBJECTIVE Due to a lack of sufficient data, the treatment protocols for male breast cancer are usually the same as those used for female breast cancer. The aim of the current study was to present our clinical experience with male breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The records of 37 patients who were treated for male breast cancer in our hospital between 2004 and 2014 were reviewed retrospec...

objective: to assess the level of awareness on breast cancer among women of reproductive age. materials and methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in opd of dhaka medical college hospital among the 175 respondents by face to face interview using pretested semi structured questionnaire. results: one forth (23%) aged 21-25 years, mostly muslim (86.3%), housewives (72.57%), had...