Objective(s): Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of breast cancer provides valuable data on the disease state of patients. Biocompatible nanoprobes are expected to play a pivotal role in medical diagnosis in the future owing to their prominent advantages. The present study aimed to introduce a novel biocompatible nanoprobe based on lipoproteins for breast cancer cell imaging.<br...

OBJECTIVES Exclusive breast feeding (EBF) uptake in Zimbabwe is very low. Given that EBF is a physiological process which transpires in a specific socio-economic milieu, this study investigates the socio-economic factors militating against its uptake. METHODS The study used a mixed research methodology. The concurrent nested model of mixed methods was utilized using one data collection phase,...

Post-treatment or diagnostic whole-body radioiodine scintigraphy is widely used to assess the residual, recurrence, or metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma because of the high sensitivity and accuracy that this assessment provides. While bearing in mind all the diagnostic potential of this test, we have to consider its’ potential pitfalls, as well. Herein, we present 4 patients with d...

Some Factors Influencing the Uptake of Steroid Sex Hormones by Target Tissues William H. Pearlman 30 Estradiol Uptake by Induced Rat Mammary Tumors and Its Implications for the Treatment of Breast Cancer B. G. Mobbs 33 Some Basic Difficulties in Attempting to Predict Response to Therapy by Endocrine Assays R. D. Bulbbook 39 Will the Best Model of Breast Cancer Please Come Forward? Russell Hilf ...

We created a 3D cell co-culture model by combining nanoengineered mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with the metastatic breast cancer cell line MDA-MD-231 and primary breast cancer cell line MCF7 to explore the transfer of quantum dots (QDs) to cancer cells. First, the optimal conditions for high-content QD loading in MSCs were established. Then, QD uptake in breast cancer cells was assessed after ...

INTRODUCTION Recent studies have reported a risk reduction in the progression of benign breast disease to breast carcinoma through COX-2 pathways. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of severe epithelial hyperplasia in a 47-year-old woman with increased breast density submitted to scintimammography by the proliferation-imaging tracer Technetium-99m-labelled pentavalent dimercaptosuccinic acid...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The primary aim of the research described in this paper was to ascertain whether inclusion of a self administered questionnaire with the usual invitation to routine breast screening affected screening uptake. Secondary aims included establishing appropriate questionnaire distribution and collection methods within the framework of the National Health Service Breast Screening Prog...

PURPOSE Korea started breast cancer screening as part of the National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) in 1999. In order to identify under-served groups, we investigated mammography uptake in the National Breast Cancer Screening Program. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population was participants in the National Breast Cancer Screening Program from 2004 to 2008. We analyzed participation rates...

Breast cancer is the deadliest form of in women, but it also has very high survival rates when treated early. Existing breast detection methods such as mammography are ineffective early due to low uptake among women and need for regular screening. Therefore, biosensors have been proposed an alternative method cost-effective screening which may encourage more go regularly. In this paper, a gold ...