background: surgery is usually the first treatment for breast cancer which is followed by some complications such as chronic pain. post mastectomy pain syndrome (pmps) is a common complication among breast cancer survivors and is considered as a chronic neuropathic pain in the side of surgery which persists more than three months. the exact mechanisms and related risk factors of the chronic pai...

Background: Researchers suggest that benign breast disease (BBD) is a key risk factor for breast cancer. The present study aimed to determinate the risk level of breast cancer in terms of various BBD subgroups.Methods: A meta-analysis was performed to determinate the risk of breast cancer associated with BBD. Observational studies (traditional case-control studies, nested case-control studies, ...

Background: Improving the knowledge of healthcare providers towards different aspects of breast cancer leads to appropriate management and screening of disease. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among a cohort of nurses in Iran. Materials and Methods: The target group of the present study was 243 consecutive nurses (27 males and 216 females) at two re...

objective(s):leptin receptor (lepr) is a member of the class i cytokine receptor super-family that is known implicated in the initiation and progression of breast cancer. we have investigated the effect of q223r polymorphism on the breast cancer susceptibly in a sample of iranian subjects. materials and methods:we utilized a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) restriction fragment length polymorphi...

background: the gail model has been widely used for estimation of absolute risk of breast cancer development. the original model and most of the validation studies have been performed among western populations and controversial results have been reported regarding the applicability of this model in asian populations. our aim was to investigate the performance of this model in iranian women. met...

abstract breast cancer is a multifactorial disease. benign breast disease (bbd) is one of the most important risk factors for breast cancer. the etiology of bbd is unknown. it is divided into nonproliferative and proliferative diseases. the selection of studies will be based on titles, abstract screening, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and quality assessment. previous studies have shown that...

to establish a comprehensive picture of the relationship between glutathione s-transferase omega 2 (gsto2; mim: 612314) gene n142d variant (rs. 156697) and breast cancer risk, the present meta-analysis was carried out. studies published up to july 2012 with information about gsto2 polymorphism and breast cancer risk were identified using several electronic databases. we identified 4 eligible st...

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases in women and causes more deaths rather than other cancers. The increasing trend of breast cancer in Iran makes clear the need of extensive breast cancer research in this area. Some studies showed that in the variety countries and even in the different areas in one country has different risk of breast cancer incidence and this is a rea...