ABSTRACT           Breast cancer remains the most common cancer of women and one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of major advances in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, the incidence of breast cancer remains high and the treatment of metastatic breast cancer remains challenging. This review presents an over...

so far several animal and case-control studies have confirmed this hypothesis that dietary fat increases the risk of breast cancer. however, cohort studies have not shown this relationship. the aim of this study was to review the studies on the relationship between dietary fat intake and breast cancer risk among women. electronic database pubmed and google scholar were searched using the

cancer starts with a change in one single cell. this change may be initiated by external agents and genetic factors. cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008. lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancer cause the most cancer deaths each year. in this review, different aspects of gastric cancer; including clinical, path...

background: previous studies indicate a high incidence of digestive cancers along southern parts of caspian sea including ma­zandaran province. the present study was conducted to further investigate time to occurrence, age distribution and pos­sible risks associated with the incidence time of digestive cancers in the above regions. methods: for this purpose the data of digestive cancer incidenc...

background: breast cancer is the first leading cause of cancer-related death in women. pesticides which are excessively used in northern iran are one of the most important risk factors for breast cancer incidence. the cytochrome p450 1a1 (cyp1a1) is a key enzyme in xenobiotics metabolism and snps of its coding gene has been verified to be important in cancer susceptibility. the aim of this stud...

background: cancer has a high mortality rate in both developing and developed countries. 11%–15% of cancers are attributable to occupational risk factors. objective: to determine if specific occupational classes, based on the international standard for classification of occupations 2008 (isco-08), are risk factors for gastrointestinal (gi) cancer. methods: in this case-control study, 834 cancer...

the rate of cervical cancer in asians is deferent, based on the risk factors affecting and the rate of papiloma virus infection among females. cervical cancer is one of the important cancers between iranian women. in the present study the rate of cervical neoplasia was detected in isfahan and some risk factors affecting the incidence of cervical cancer was analyzed. the human papiloma virus inf...