background: breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among iranian women; however, its clinicopathological feature is uncertain. we pioneered a genetic counseling program among patients with breast cancer and their families in isfahan. this is the first report of this program. methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study on women with breast cancer registered in ala cancer ...

In this paper we consider stochastic purchase timing models used in marketing for low-involvement products and show that important c haracteristics of those models are easy to compute. As such these calculations are based on an elementary probabilistic argument and cover not only the well-known condensed negative binomial model but also stochastic purchase timing models with other interarrival ...

background colorectal cancer (crc) is the second most common malignancy in the world.  however, its mortality rate can be reduced if diagnosed early. p33 ing1b is a tumor suppressor protein, which plays a role in growth control and apoptosis. suppression of p33 ing1b is associated with the loss of cellular growth control. however, p33 ing1b expression in crc and its correlations with clinicopat...

introduction: infectious bronchitis (ib), caused by infectious bronchitis virus (ibv), is an acute and highly contagious disease in chickens. ibv is mainly considered a respiratory infection, other clinical manifestations, including renal, enteric and reproductive signs can be observed. aim: since there has been no study on evaluation of changes in biochemical parameters during ib infection, th...

background and objective: oral cancer accounts for less than 3% of all cancers. despite recent improvement in diagnostic and treatment methods, the overall survival of the disease is unfavorable. several studies have been performed to assess factors influencing lymph node metastasis and prognosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate some clinical and pathological factors influencing lymph nod...

Packet filters are security devices that connect multiple packet-based networks and provide access control between them. The security policy enforced by a packet filter is specified as a set of rules, called an access list, that describes what types of network packets should be allowed to pass from one network to another, and what types should be discarded. These rules are expressed in terms of...

urkitt lymphoma (BL) is a highly aggressive type B nonodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) found in endemic, sporadic, and mmunodeficiency-related presentations. All of them show he same morphological, immunohistochemical, and genetic haracteristics, with different geographical and age disributions and affected organs.1,2 The great majority of poradic and immunodeficiency-related cases are found in he abdom...

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Clinicopathological variables are important factors in deciding on breast cancer treatment. This study evaluated the association between the recurrence score generated by the Oncotype DX® 21-gene assay and classic clinicopathological variables. Methods: A single-institution retrospect...