BACKGROUND Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) is an important option for the treatment of mitral valve stenosis. The crux of this process is choosing the appropriate Inoue balloon size. There are two methods to do this. One is an empirical formula based on the patient's height, and other is to choose according to the maximal inter-commissural distance of the mitral valve provided b...

BACKGROUND The determination of the width of the implant is the first key step to select shape and volume of the implant in breast augmentation. The aim of this study was to introduce a new method to determine the width of the implant (W) and explain the reasons to do so in details. METHODS From January 2006 to June 2014, the authors have found and applied "CD -4" theory to determine the widt...

The aim of the present study was to derive multiple regression equations for in vivo estimation of the carcass lean and fat content in Muscovy ducks. The experimental materials consisted of 240 White Muscovy ducklings (120 male and 120 female). One hundred sixteen females aged 10 wk and 112 males aged 12 wk were slaughtered. Before slaughter the ducks were weighed, and the following body measur...

We examined the relation of anthropometric variables and breast cancer risk in the Epidemiological Follow-up Study of the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cohort study based on a sample of the United States population. A total of 7149 women, 25 to 74 years of age, who were examined during the period 1971 through 1975 were included in the analysis. Stature, sitting heigh...

Background : Enoxaparin is an anticoagulant medication. Anticoagulation inhibits tumor cell–mediated release of angiogenic proteins and diminishes angiogenic response. Angiogenesis is an important event in various cancers such as breast cancer. Angiogenesis provide oxygen and nutrients to tumor cells and causes tumor progression. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anti-angio...

The recently developed dynamic jaw technology of tomotherapy can reduce craniocaudal dose spread without much prolonging the treatment time. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of the dynamic jaw mode for tomotherapy of breast cancer. Static tomotherapy plans of the whole breast and supraclavicular regional lymph nodes, and plans for the whole breast only were generated in 25 patients ...

Breast cancer incidence is higher in urban areas and industrialized countries, rather than in less developed ones [1]. The etiology is probably multifactorial and lifestyle and environmental factors account for 73% of cases [2]. The present study analyzes the eventual relationship between environmental pollutants exposure and population density and the risk of developing breast cancer. It conce...

background: now the vast majority of breast tumors are treated using breast conservation therapy (bct) method, including lumpectomy and radiotherapy. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of intraoperative frozen section in patients undergoing breast conservation surgery. methods: totally 237 women who included in the category for breast conservative or oncoplastic surgery and post-operative...

The rehabilitation services for children with cerebral palsy are provided in two forms: home-based care and center-based care. The aim of this research was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the home-based accordance with the center-based care for kids with cerebral palsy. In this cost-effectiveness research, 56 children under 12 years old were assigned randomly to two rehabilitation program...