Dry skin is a common disorder among the general population. It characterized clinically by rough, scaly, and often itchy that has lost its normal mechanical properties (especially loss in elasticity). sign of dysfunction epidermis, especially stratum corneum. This defective barrier function stimulates production secretion cytokines, which turn may cause cutaneous inflammation weaken barrier. In...

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Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant tumor in women, and its morbidity mortality are increasing each year, due to lack of specific clinical symptoms early stage BC, diagnostic methods for breast cancer. Therefore, identifying an effective method BC has become urgent. Materials Methods: lesions with a histological diagnosis that were examined by ultrasonic elastography (UE...