results cox regression analysis showed that co-infection with hiv significantly affects the survival rate of tb patients so that the rate of death was 20.7 (8.1-53) times more than tb infected patients alone. also, married patients with tuberculosis were 2.7 times more at risk of death than single subjects. we also confirmed that in hiv/tb positive patients, married individuals were more prone ...

background neuroblastoma is the third most common malignancy in children with a very heterogeneous feature. in this study, the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children with neuroblastoma treated in a referral oncology hospital in shiraz, southern iran, were investigated. material and method in this historical cohort study, the medical files of 36 children under 18 years old with...

background: triple negative breast cancer (tnbc) is reported to be associated with a high risk of recurrence, poor overall survival (os), and disease-free survival (dfs) rates. this study evaluated the clincopathological features and survival of non-metastatic tnbc women in the capital of iran compared with other areas of the world. methods: in a retrospective study, 119 women with tnbc based o...

aim : the aim of this study was to compare prognostic factors between colon and rectal cancers. background : prognosis of colorectal cancer (crc) may depend on the anatomical site. patients and methods : a total of 1219 patients with crc diagnosis according to the pathology report of rcgld cancer registry, from 1 january 2002 to 1 october 2007, were entered into the study. demographic and clini...

background: the classical supportive therapy for î² -thalassemia major consists of regular blood transfusion, iron-chelation therapy and specific treatment of the related complications. a balance between the maintenance of the highest possible level of haemoglobin and lowest possible level of iron accumulation in heart and liver give the best chance of survival and the best quality of life. met...

background: the cryopreservation of human oocyte would make a significant contribution to infertility treatment, such as using it for oocyte donation and for patients a bout to lose ovarian function due to surgery or chemotherapy. despite of using standard freezing straws and cryovials or even open pulled straws, only a few successful pregnancies have been arisen from cryopreserved human oocyte...

this study focused on triple-negative breast cancer (tnbc) that is characterized by the lack of expression of estrogen receptor (er), progesterone receptor (pr), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (her-2). the primary goal of this study was to describe the relation between triple-negative receptor status and survival. this is the first study about triple-negative breast cancer in our ...

background: acute myeloid leukemia (aml) is known as one of the most common leukemia among adults. environmental and different genetic factors affect disease process, prognosis and treatment. among different genetic factors npm1, flt3, mll and baalc genes are the most effective on patient's survival rate. the aim of this study was to assess amount of baalc gene expression in aml patients, and i...

background: precise diagnosis of disease risk factors via efficient statistical models is the primary step for reducing the heavy costs of breast cancer, as one of the most highly prevalent cancer throughout the world. therefore, the aim of this study was to present a recently introduced statistical model in order to assess its proficiency for model fitting. methods: the information of 1465 eli...

background: the incidence of restenosis in patients suffering from coronary artery disease after undergoing angioplasty is of paramount importance. accordingly, this study aimed to investigate factors affecting the time of the first incidence of restenosis in patients undergone angioplasty in the city of zanjan, iran.   methods: this retrospective cohort study was conducted on 421 patients who ...