Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women and is the leading cause of cancer deaths (Parkin et al., 2005; Benson and Jatoi, 2012; Bray et al., 2013). In the Sri Lankan context, neoplasms are the second leading cause of hospital deaths (Ministry of Health, 2013) and breast cancer is the commonest cancer accounting for 26% of newly diagnosed female cancers in 2007 (...

......................................... Received: 19-02-15 Accepted: 26-02-15 Abstract A basic principle of pathology is that neoplasms differ according to their cells of origin. Neoplasms of the liver resemble its constituent liver, biliary, epithelial, endothelial, mesenchymal cells or some combination of these different types of cells. It is important to remember here that metastases are t...

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer affecting females in the world, including Taiwan, and is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women. Because of the sheer magnitude of this disease, its psychosocial impact and associated morbidity and mortality, screening for early diagnosis may be one of the best strategies we can employ to fight against this insidious ailment....

One individual with two or three malignant neoplasms is not uncommon. However, a patient with more than 5 primary malignancies is unusual. We present a 51-year-old female who developed 6 metachronous primary malignant neoplasms in a period of 10 years. The anatomic sites of neoplasms in this patient included the cervix, larynx, skin, left breast, bladder and right lung (middle lobe). All of the...

background breast cancer is still considered as one of the most common female cancers worldwide regardless of the countries’ level of development. this study determines the incidence of breast cancer in fars province, southern iran. methods this study used patients' records from shiraz university of medical sciences cancer registry centre, which is a hospital-based registry of nemazee hosp...

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment for ovarian cysts, which are developed during tamoxifen use due breast cancer. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective cohort including patients who were under stage I-III cancer and administered leuprolide acetate cysts with low malignancy risk between 2012-2020. RESULTS: Leuprolide tot...

Objective: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a complex hereditary syndrome with multi-systemic involvement and propensity to develop a variety of tumors. Despite the increased risk for malignant neoplasms and shortened life-span, there is no targeted cancer surveillance strategy. Clinical features of NF1 and family history may be associated with occurrence of certain neoplasms and serve as indi...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the cytologic features of nipple discharge and fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic smears from breast lesions reported as showing papillary features and to correlate them with histopathologic features. STUDY DESIGN The study group consisted of FNA smears and/or nipple discharge smears from 65 breast lesions diagnosed on cytology as duct papilloma, papillary lesion, fib...

All ages and truncated (35 to 64 years) mortality rates from all neoplasms and from cancers of the lung, stomach, intestines, and breast for the six calendar quinquennia from 1960-1964 to 1985-1989 were computed from official death certification data and population estimates obtained from the World Health Organization database for total Europe (excluding former Soviet Union) and for three broad...

Metastases to the breast are unusual lesions that make up approximately 2% of all malignant mammary neoplasms and may mimic both benign and malignant primary neoplasms from a clinical point of view, as well as in imaging studies. Arriving at a correct diagnosis is therefore essential in order to establish appropriate management. We present three cases of metastatic neoplasms diagnosed through f...