PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine Jordanian nurses' knowledge of a and proficiency with breast self-examination (BSE) and early detection of breast cancer. DESIGN Descriptive. SETTING Seven governmental and three private hospitals in the country of Jordan. SAMPLE 395 female nurses working in different healthcare settings. Their ages ranged from 21-51 years (X= 31); nursing experience ranged f...

conclusion the possibility of malignancy is strongly indicated when additional nme lesions show linear or segmental enhancement on preoperative 3t dce-mri in patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer. results on histopathologic analysis of the 88 nme lesions, 73 (83%) were malignant and 15 (17%) were benign. lesion size did not differ significantly between malignant and benign lesions (p =...

Mammography is the best available tool for screening for the early detection of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer facilitated with digital mammography can increase survival rate and chances for patient's complete recovery. Bilateral asymmetry is one the breast abnormalities that may indicate breast cancer in early sta...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is the second leading cause of cancer death (after lung cancer) in people throughout the world. Today, MRI is being used because of the limitations of x-ray mammography to detect breast cancer. Non-contrast sequences were associated to CE sequences in a breast MRI protocol for the sake of appraising morphologic ...

The role of microRNAs (miRs) is shown as a biomarker whose expression level changes have been associated with cancer development and progression. Circulating miRNAs have been postulated as biomarkers for breast cancer. Detection and diagnosis of miRNA markers could provide an improved and sensitive method in the clinical application. In this study, we applied and improved the effective approach...

conclusions when compared to the control group, the swedish massage showed an improvement in the mood disorders of women with breast cancer. results before the intervention, there was no significant difference in the average of the overall scale between the intervention and control groups in the subscales of anger, anxiety, depression, and positive affect (p = 0.469). the average of the overall...