background & aim:  the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the relationship between body image and quality of life in female patients with breast cancer and healthy women. methods:in the current descriptive, causal, comparative, cross-sectional study, 50 women with breast cancer, referring to the radiotherapy and oncology clinic of imam reza hospital (mashhad, iran) and 50 healthy wom...

introduction: breast cancer with 22.6% is the most common cancer in iranian women and mastectomy is the treatment of choice in 81% of cases posted for surgery. mastectomy can evoke feelings of mutilation, altered body image and decreased sexual attractiveness and function leading to mood disorders. in the last decades, final purpose of treatment strategies in breast cancer is creation of a life...

This was a descriptive research conducted in order to determine health beliefs of the female academicians about breast cancer and screening tests and the Affecting factors that determined these beliefs. 200 female academicians made up the sample of the research. The data were gathered by the researcher using a Descriptive Data Collection Form that aimed at the characteristics of the women and C...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression levels of estrogen receptor (ER) α and β and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her-2), as well as the distribution of breast cancer molecular subtypes in Uygur and Han breast cancer patients. Cancer tissues were collected and analyzed from 709 breast cancer patients enrolled between January 2000 and December 2010. The expres...

PURPOSE Breast cancer risk prediction models are used to plan clinical trials and counsel women; however, relationships of predicted risks of breast cancer incidence and prognosis after breast cancer diagnosis are unknown. METHODS Using largely pre-diagnostic information from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) for 37,939 invasive breast cancers (1996-2007), we estimated 5-year b...

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of subsequent pregnancy on the prognosis of patients with early breast cancer. Patients and Methods: One hundred eight patients who became pregnant after diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer were identified in institutions participating in International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG) studies. Fourteen had relapse of breast cancer before their first subsequen...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between pacifier use and bottle-feeding and unfavorable behaviors during breastfeeding. METHOD A cross-sectional study was conducted with 427 babies/mothers. Socio-demographic, perinatal data, and information about the use of artificial nipples (pacifier and/or bottle) were collected through a questionnaire. The breastfeeding aspects regarding position...