introduction: breast cancers in the early phase frequently undergo distant metastasis and survival of patients is greatly dependent on distant metastasis. the occurrence of micrometastasis has been suggested to relate with prognostic features of breast cancer, such as lymph node metastasis and the presence of vascular invasion. the aim of this study was to examine the presence of keratin-19 mrn...

Background and purpose: After lung cancer, breast cancer, among the prevalent cancers of the world is of the most widespread disease among women. It is the most common cause of mortality among women. This study aimed to analyze the results using breast cancer screening methods among women over 20 years old. Materials and methods: The present study is a cross-sectional-descriptive research. The ...

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an essential role in molecular imaging by delivering the contrast agent into targeted cancer cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the C595 monoclonal antibody-conjugated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs-C595) for the detection of breast cancer cell (MCF-7). Methods: The conjugation of monoclonal antibody and nanopartic...

background: we aimed to value the usefulness of free to total prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific antigen (psa) density for prostate cancer in the patients with psa levels of 4.0 ng/ml or less. methods: a total of 343 subjects with psa levels of 4.0 ng/ml or less were biopsied. all patients were divided into four groups according to the psa levels: 0 to 1.0 ng/ml, 1.1 to 2.0 ng/ml, ...

background : the data related to patients often have very useful information that can help us to resolve a lot of problems and difficulties in different areas. this study was performed to present a model-based data mining to predict lung cancer in 2014. methods : in this exploratory and modeling study, information was collected by two methods: library and field methods. all gathered variables w...

intoduction: the discovery of micrornas (mirnas), an extensive family of small non-protein-coding rnas, provided an exciting era in cancer research and recent findings have prompted us to revise the traditional concept of cancer. deregulated mirnas   expression influences biological events leading to cancer such as proliferation, differentiation, metastasis and apoptosis. the expression of onco...

the cancers in the digestive system including gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatic cancer are one of the most common cancers in asia. the burden of these gastrointestinal cancers are increasing in asian countries and there are many people in the developing countries inside the asia who have no health insurance and many of them are too poor to go for ...

background : breast cancer, a critical health problem, is considered to be a progressive disease with a poor prognosis if detected late. public education about the disease plays a pivotal role in early detection and subsequent improvements in prognosis. the present study assesses the knowledge and awareness about various aspects of breast cancer among female university students. methods : the k...