Background and Objective: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women around the world and in Iran. A limited number of studies have been conducted on the relationship between dietary factors and breast cancer development in Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of dairy products and animal proteins consumption and breast cancer among women in the provinc...

Breast carcinoma is the most common cause of cancer mortality among women globally. Primary and secondary prevention through avoiding known risk factors, screening for early detection of tumors with different methods as well as timely treatment, can be effective in reduction of the burden of this devastating disease. This can in turn prevent death and also increase survival in patients with bre...

Introduction: Breast cancer is an uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells in different areas of the chest. Research about the causes of breast cancer is crucial. Finding cancers risk factor can lead to identification of women at risk, prevention strategies, and screening for early detection of disease. In this paper, we tried to survey the risk factors that lead to the creation of this common c...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance syndrome is described as abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, fasting blood sugar, and high blood pressure. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between metabolic syndrome and breast cancer. Methods: This case-control study was performed on 222 women with cancer and non-cancer (breast cancer) (111 participants in each group) referr...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. It is also the second leading cause of cancer death among women after lung cancer. Considering the relationship among plasma folate levels, the level of uracil, and DNA damage in cell division, methyl tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a suitable candidate for studies on the susceptibility to cancer, including brea...

  Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate risk factors for breast cancer in women under 40 years.during recent 10 years(1998-2007)   Materials and Methods: The study was a descriptive case control analysis one in Imam khomeiny hospital.Cases were 312 women under40 years with histologically confirmed, breast cancer, and controls were 312 women with same age Presenting to hospi...