background: it seems adipocytokines play an important role in breast cancer. omentin-1 is a novel discovered plasma adipocytokine produced mainly in visceral adipose tissue. the aim of present study was to estimate. circulating levels of omentin-1 in postmenopausal breast cancer patients as compare to healthy postmenopausal subjects. materials and methods: this study consisted of 30 postmenopau...

Breast cancer is one of the leading malignancies in women worldwide. Early detection breast could be best strategy to hold on and save lives. Circulatory microRNAs are most dominant method for diagnosis monitoring cancers.

background: the purpose of this study was to compare patient delay, diagnosis delay and treatment delay in breast cancer patients of selected public and private health centers in tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, female patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in a public medical complex and a private breast clinic within one year were included. patient delay was consider...

Background: Mammograms are one of the most effective preventive means for early detection breast cancer.

accounts for 27% of all cancers. according to the national cancer institutes' reports, the risk of breast cancer among american women is 13%. the current study aims to evaluate the level of risk perception of breast cancer and to identify its related factors amongst female employees. methods: this project was a cross-sectional study and participants were female employees working in hospitals an...

breast conservation surgery combined with radiation therapy is now an accepted option for the treatment of early breast cancer. so we decided to evaluate the results of such treatment in our first group of patients treated by this method. from 1992 to 1996 , one hundred patients with stage i and ii breast cancer treated with breast conservative surgery (lumpectomy or quadrantectomy). were irrad...

Internationally, breast cancer is the most common female cancer, and is induced by a combination of environmental, genetic, and epigenetic risk factors. Despite the advancement of imaging techniques, invasive sampling of breast epithelial cells is the only definitive diagnostic procedure for patients with breast cancer. To date, molecular biomarkers with high sensitivity and specificity for the...

Background: Baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 (BIRC5) gene is an inhibitor of apoptosis that expresses in human embryonic tissues but it is absent in most healthy adult tissues. The copy number of BIRC5 has been indicated to be highly increased in tumor tissues; however, its association with the age of onset in breast cancer is not well understood. Methods: Forty tumor tiss...

background: despite developments in surgical treatment, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy protocols, tumor recurrence and metastasis are still major problems in breast cancer management. the aim of the present report was to review and compare the performance of pet/ct with some of the conventional imaging modalities in detection of breast cancer recurrence. methods: a literature search was pe...