PURPOSE The accumulation of wound fluid known as seroma in the chest cavity following breast surgery is a common occurrence that can persist for many weeks. While the pro-inflammatory composition of seroma is well established, there has been remarkably little research to determine whether seroma contains pro-oncogenic factors, and whether this is influenced by previous malignant disease. METH...

breast cancer is a malignant tumor and the most common cancer among american women that starts from cells of the breast. the growth of the size of data exceeds the ability of humans to analyze the data. so we need some intelligent machines that can analyze datasets intelligently for us. we propose a multi nominal logit model to evaluate correlation between risk factors of breast tumor. our mode...

cytomegalovirus (cmv) is a widespread pathogen that is found in milk, saliva, urine, cervical secretions, and semen fluid. it is supposed that cmv is a risk factor for breast cancer. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of cmv among benign and malignant breast tumors. paraffin embedded breast carcinoma (n=24) and fibroadenoma (n=24) samples were collected from toos and firoozgar...

Introduction: The gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) receptor is over expressed in a variety of common human tumors. Radiolabeled bombesin analogues have exhibited high binding affinity for these receptors. The aim of this study was to assess the value of a new 99mTc-bombesin analog in the differentiation of malignant from benign breast tumors. Methods: 99mTc-bombesin scans ...

Objectives: A retrospective study of last three years was undertaken to determine the histopathological spectrum of breast lesions with detailed study of interesting and uncommon cases, the features of which are helpful in management of the patients. Methods: Clinical features and histopathological findings were studied in 176 cases with emphasis on uncommon cases. Results: Out of the 176 cases...

Phyllodes tumor is a benign breast cancer with a malignant potential. It is very rare in Saudi Arabia and also rare all over the world. Malignant phyllodes tumors originate from the connective tissue of the breast, so they are histologically sarcomas. Accurate preoperative pathological diagnosis is very important for management of phyllodes tumor and allows correct surgical planning and avoidan...

abstract background: evaluation of breast masses in women under 40 years old starts with a triple test score (tts) which is composed of clinical breast examination, mammography and fine needle aspiration. increased breast density in this age group decreases the sensitivity of mammography. so deciding whether to biopsy such nondiagnostic lesions or not is subject to challenge. breast masses up t...

Breast sarcomas are rare tumors with an incidence of <1% of all breast malignancy [1]. Primary breast sarcomais defined as malignancy originating from mesenchymal tissue of the breast and does not include those arising from skin, muscle, and adjacent bones. They are similar to soft tissue sarcomas elsewhere in the body. Primary fibrosarcoma of the breast is a very rare tumor described in litera...

PURPOSE The aim of our study was to evaluate the risk of malignancy and to determine which clinical variables differentiate between benign and malignant focal breast lesions found incidentally on (18)F-flourodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography (FDG PET/CT). METHODS From March 2005 to October 2011, 21,224 women with no history of breast cancer underwent FDG PET/CT...

abstract background: coherent scattering leads to diffraction effects and especially constructive interferences. theseinterferences carry some information about the molecular structure of the tissue. as breast cancer isthe most widespread cancer in women, this project evaluated the application of small anglex-ray scattering (saxs) for differentiation between normal and cancerous breast tissues....