Objective(s): Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women worldwide. This study investigated the expression and clinical significance of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) in human breast cancer and its relationship with the clinical outcome of breast cancer.   Materials and Methods : ATF3 expressions were detected in 114 primary breast cancer tissues and ...

background &objective: breast cancer is the most common female malignancy. detection of dna of human papillomaviruses (hpvs) in breast carcinomas suggests that the virus may play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of hpvs genotypes 6, 11, 16, 18 and 31 in paraffin-embedded tissue samples of invasive breast carcinomas. methods: thr...

breast cancer affects iranian women at least one decade younger than their counterparts in othercountries and the incidence of breast fibroadenoma is growing in the last two decades in tehran. thisstudy aimed to compare the ahr levels in premenopausal breast cancer and breast fibroadnemo withappropriate normal groups. possible associations of ahr with lifestyle and reproductive risk factorsand ...

bryonic organ systems (13, 18, 25, 33, 44, 46). Less well studied is the involvement of such regulative tissue interac tions in the adult system, although there is some evidence to suggestthat similar control mechanismscould playa role in the maintenance of normal tissue structure and function throughout adult life. Much of the evidence comes from in vivo studies in skin (3, 5-7, 52) and of cor...

This study evaluated the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-based three-dimensional (3D) dose-volume parameters of the rectum as predictor for late rectal complication (LRC) in cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Eighty-four patients treated with a combination of external radiotherapy and high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy between January 2000 and December 2004 w...

Cancer is one of the leading causes death in Malaysia as reported by National Cancer. Statistical data showed that breast cancer has highest percentage over other cancers Treatment such hyperthermia therapy introduced an alternative treatment to increase efficiency radiotherapy and chemotherapy. This procedure exposes malignant tissue a high temperature between 40 44 degrees Celsius study focus...