Introduction: Acute Toxoplasmosis is more critical in immunocompromised patients with cancer. The present study was conducted to investigate the anti-Toxoplasma gondi antibodies and assess the toxoplasmosis risk in women with breast masses in western of Iran in 2012. This research was done as a case-control study on women who referred to the treatment centers in cities of Kermanshah and Ilam ...

abstract background: breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among iranian women, and is the fifth cause of cancer-related death in iran. most studies have reported an overall excess of 20–30% chance for a second primary cancer to develop in individuals with a first breast cancer. in this study, we evaluated different factors might have a role in increasing the incidence of a second malignan...

glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are encoded by a superfamily of genes and play a role in the detoxification of potential carcinogens. the human gsts are divided into four classes: alpha, mu, pi and theta. previous studies indicated that the absence of the glutathione s-transferase m1 (gstm1) protein correlated with an increased risk of developing some types of cancers. association between spe...

background : breast cancer, a critical health problem, is considered to be a progressive disease with a poor prognosis if detected late. public education about the disease plays a pivotal role in early detection and subsequent improvements in prognosis. the present study assesses the knowledge and awareness about various aspects of breast cancer among female university students. methods : the k...

background: breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. each year it is newly diagnosed in more than 1.1 million women around the world. the aims of this study were to investigate the role of dietary factors such as consumption of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, fried food, fish, and salt along with food, and factors such as weight, physical activi...

background: breast cancer is one of the main life-threatening diseases which a woman may face during her life. several lifestyle factors such as weight gain, obesity, fat intake and decreased level of physical activity are associated with breast cancer risk.   in vitro and vivo studies showed that, linoleic acid (la) is one of the main fatty acids composition of nigella sativa. the objective wa...

abstract: introduction: this study was conducted to determine the outcomes of the project of ‘integration of breast cancer screening and early detection’ into primary health care (phc) system and to detect the incidence rate, mortality rate and the stage of reported breast cancers, during the timeframe of the project in shahre-kord. method: a prospective cohort study was conducted, reviewing me...