Background: Breast cancer is formed of a neoplastic component (epithelial) and a non-neoplastic component (stroma). Stromal- stromal and tumor- stromal interactions have been shown in the regulation of cancer cell growth, metastatic capacity and outcome of treatment. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a component of tumor stroma reactionsand are considered as an important ...

BackgroundPreventing initiation of micro metastases from early breast cancer by peri-operative intervention has not been explored adequately. Local anaesthesia blocks voltage gated sodium channels which prevents activation pro-metastatic pathways. A Cochrane review using local before surgery for concluded inadequate data on its efficacy. We conducted a multi-centre randomized trial to test the ...

INTRODUCTION Therapy related second malignancy of the hematological system is small but real risk after adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. It includes acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS); however T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) has not been described earlier in relation to breast cancer and its therapy. T-PLL is a rare chronic T-cell lymphoproliferative ...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of primary breast carcinoma and is associated with a dismal outcome despite the availability of multi-modality treatment options. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a prospective case control study comparing two groups of newly diagnosed patients; the first with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) and the second with locally advan...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the first cancer in women both in incidence and mortality. The treatment of breast cancer benefited from the progress of chemotherapy and targeted therapies, but there was a parallel increase in treatment costs. Despite a relatively high incidence of many sites of cancer, so far, there is no national register for this disease in Morocco.The main goal of this paper is...

Background: Several factors are currently employed for prognosis assessment and treatment determination in breast cancer. An array of molecular parameters, such as p53, Her2-neu (c-erbB 2) and Cathepsin-D, are also examined to improve clinical patient management. We have conducted a statistically powerful study of the prognostic value of conventional factors and of the investigational factors p...

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the expression of the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases in pulmonary typical carcinoid and atypical carcinoid tumors and to understand the role of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in pulmonary carcinoid tumor proliferation. Experimental Design: Surgically resected typical carcinoid (n = 24) and atypical carcinoid (n = 7) tumor tis...