Introduction & Objective: This study compared the personality profile of cancer patients with that of normal persons. The aim was identifying personality traits related to people who suffered from cancer, and helping them to cope with the situation and adjust with life. Materials & Methods: This research was a casual comparative study. For this purpose 100 persons were selected from hemato...

Background and purpose: Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Iran. The incidence of this cancer, especially in the northern regions in Iran, has increased in the last two decades. This study was designed to update the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with colorectal cancer in Mazandaran province. Materials and methods: All patients with diagnosis of colorec...

Background: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second cause of cancer mortality in men. Although histopathological examination is the gold-standard for its diagnosis, tendency toward less invasive methods is growing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between choline plus creatine- to-citrate ratio in magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) with the invasion...

Introduction & Objective: Gastric cancer is the forth common cancer and second cause of death. Surgery is the primary treatment of gastric cancer and chemotherapy and radiotherapy is used as supplementary treatments. The aim of this study is estimation of survival and affected fac-tor in the patients with gastric cancer after surgery in Hamadan province. Materials & Methods: All patients with p...

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases and it is very important to perform appropriate psychological interventions to improve the psychological health of breast cancer patients. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness training on resilience and tolerance of ambiguity in cancer patients. Methodology: The current research method wa...