malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (mpnst) is a rare nerve sheath tumor derived from schwann cells or pleuripotent cells of neural crest. neurogenic tumors make about 10-20% of all mediastinal tumors. incidence of mpnst is 0.001% in general population and 0.16% in patients with neurofibromatosis i (nf i). we report a case of 60 year female presenting with progressive cough and breathlessne...

background: breast cancer is the most common malignancy in females worldwide. several etiological factors including environmental factors have been recognized for breast cancer. epstein barr virus as a viral etiological factor has been proposed. so far, several studies have investigated the relationship between development of breast cancer and epstein barr virus, but few have been done in iran....

AIM Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers of women in India with high fatality rate. Over a 1 year study period 105 consecutive biopsy or fine needle aspiration cytology confirmed breast cancer patients were interviewed by direct questionnaire method regarding risk factors attending Surgery and Radiotherapy OPD of Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal while taking other 105 patients at...

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and affects primarily the lungs. Breast tuberculosis is a rare disease with an incidence of <0.1% of all breast lesions in Western countries and 3-4% in tuberculosis endemic regions, such as India and Africa [1,2]. Most commonly the disease presents as a lump in the central or upper-outer quadrant of the breast while multiple lumps appear les...

objective(s):this study aims to investigate the relationship between human papillomavirus (hpv) and breast cancer using meta- analysis. materials and methods: relevant studies were identified reviewing the national and international databases. we also increased the search sensitivity by investigating the references as well as interview with research centers and experts. finally, quality assessm...

Abstract Objectives The objective is to present the patterns of dual primary malignancies diagnosed at Pathology Laboratory Cancer Hospital with support from hospital-based cancer registry (HBCR), Sangrur, Punjab, India for years 2018 and 2019. Methods HBCR abstracts data electronic medical records. Trained staff cases in standard pro forma. Dual was coded as per International Agency Research o...

background: pharmacogenomics is the study of genetic variations among individuals to predict the probability that a patient will respond to single or multidrug chemotherapy. breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide. treatment of breast cancer by application of biological rationales gives us the ability to match the correct pharmacology to individual tumour genetic p...