PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine whether plasma lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (pLCAT) and erythrocyte membrane Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase ase (emNaKATPs) activity have a correlation in breast cancer. This study compared these parameters at time points before and after treatment with radiotherapy. METHODS The levels of pLCAT and emNaKATPs were assessed in 30 patients with breast ca...

background: the induction of cancer appears to be the most important effect of low-dose ionizing radiation to occur in an exposed population. in developing countries 94% of human radiation is from natural sources. in iran some high altitude regions such as, chaharmahal & bakhtiari has high levels of the natural background radiation (higher than the worldwide average). therefore, investigation o...

The sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) mediates iodide uptake in the thyroid gland and lactating breast. NIS mRNA and protein expression are detected in most thyroid cancer specimens, although functional iodide uptake is usually reduced resulting in the characteristic finding of a 'cold' or non-functioning lesion on a radioiodine image. Iodide uptake after thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulati...

results no correlation between as and history of rt, rt-to-follow-up time interval, laterality of bc, framingham’s 10-year risk score or traditional cad risk factors were detected. increase in cacs related to the senile atherosclerotic process was shown (p < 0.001). conclusions no difference between cacs was noted between bc patients with a history of 3d-crt and the non-bc women without a histo...

BACKGROUND Primary squamous cell cancer (PSCC) of thyroid is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis. It is mandatory to exclude secondary involvement of the thyroid by panendoscopy, CT-scan and immunohistochemical analysis. As treatment surgery, radiation and rarely chemotherapy is employed. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was conducted searching medline and embase database using...

The coincidence of thyroid disorders and breast cancer has long been a subject of debate. Associations with hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroiditis and nontoxic goitre have been reported. Although no convincing evidence exists of a causal role for overt thyroid disease in breast cancer, the preponderance of published work favours an association with hypothyroidism. Geographical variations ...

Introduction:&#x0D; Spinal epidural abscess is a rare neurosurgical emergency that usually seen invasive interventions to the spinal region, trauma or infection. In our case, anteriorly located abscess, which caused by spontaneous esophageal rupture as complication of radiotherapy, described.&#x0D; Case report:&#x0D; A 60-year-old female patient was admitted department with complaints confusion...

background: breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in women worldwide. in recent years, defined reconstruction principles along with numerous surgical techniques with volume replacement have been published. autologous breast reconstruction is more natural but leaves donor site morbidity. it provides the opportunity to restore the breast mound without the need for scars. this study a...

To evaluate the incidence of secondary primary malignancy (SPM) in patients with ovarian cancer using a nationwide retrospective population-based dataset. Patients newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer between 1997 and 2010 were identified using Taiwan's National Health Insurance database. Patients with antecedent malignancies were excluded. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for SPM were calcu...

background: we aimed to compare field-in-field technique (fif) with conformal tangential field radiotherapy (crt) in terms of dosimetric benefits for early stage breast cancer radiotherapy. materials and methods: twenty consecutive left-side breast cancer patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery were included to the study. for each patient, two different treatment plans were created for...