Abstract Introduction: Patients with cancer under chemotherapy usually manifest a wide range of symptoms. The frequency of these symptoms is reported differently. The current study aimed at addressing the common symptoms of cancer, according to gender and primary site of cancer in patients receiving chemotherapy in Kashan, Iran, in 2017. Methods: The current cross-sectional study was conducte...

abstract background: studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz. methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 8...

Background: Infertility is an important and common problem in couples that needs to assisted reproductive technology (ART) or the other drug therapies. Infertility has been known as a risk factor for ovarian cancer, breast cancer and endometrial cancer but there is a question about the relationship of these cancers to infertility itself or drugs and methods of infertility treatment. Materials a...

background: it is presumed that gastric cancer has several etiologies. first-degree relatives of patients with gastric cancer are suggested to be at higher risk compared to others. this is the first study aimed at estimating this risk, using meta-analysis of case-control studies. materials and methods: all records prior to february 2008 in pubmed and embase were searched for case-control studie...

background: sexual dysfunction in breast cancer patients is considered as a common and distressing problem. considering the increasing number of breast cancer survivors living for longer periods of time with the disease and the importance of their quality of life, we conducted the present study to compare the sexual functioning in breast cancer patients with their healthy counterparts. methods:...

Objectives: We aimed to assess psychological stress status among Iranian patients with cancer compared with non-cancer individuals. Patients and Methods: In a case-control study one hundred consecutive cancer patients who referred to Fatemieh hospital in Semnan, Iran (regardless of the type of cancer and its stage) were enrolled. One hundred matched non-cancer individuals were selected as con...

background : cancer of the larynx is a common cancer of the head and neck. this cancer has an established correlation with smoking tobacco and alcohol as causative agents. this study has been conducted in a tertiary hospital in northeastern india. minimal data about laryngeal cancer from this area was published in the literature. methods : this prospective study was conducted for a period of tw...

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant complication in cancer patients which was found in 4-20% of the patients. This study was aimed to evaluate risk factors of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in cancer patients in an oncology center in Indonesia.  Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. Data were obtained from medical records of adult cancer patients with DVT referring ...