BACKGROUND Few studies that investigated the associations between breast density and subsequent breast cancer according to tumor characteristics have produced inconclusive findings. We aimed to determine whether the associations between breast density and subsequent breast cancer varied by tumor characteristics. METHODS We included 1042 postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer betwee...

introduction: daphne species has both pharmaceutical applications and anti tumor activity. it has been shown that the extract of daphne mucronata is effective in decreasing the size of breast adenocarcinoma in rats. we investigated the mechanism of action and the effects of the extract on tnf-a and tnf-a receptors on cultured human monocytes. material and methods: the breast tumors were induced...

BACKGROUND Gene expression profiling of breast cancer has identified two biologically distinct estrogen receptor (ER)-positive subtypes of breast cancer: luminal A and luminal B. Luminal B tumors have higher proliferation and poorer prognosis than luminal A tumors. In this study, we developed a clinically practical immunohistochemistry assay to distinguish luminal B from luminal A tumors and in...

PURPOSE Since the identification of BRCA1 and BRCA2, there has been no major breast cancer susceptibility gene discovered by linkage analysis in breast cancer families. This has been attributed to the heterogeneous genetic basis for the families under study. Recent studies have indicated that breast tumors arising in women carrying a BRCA1 mutation have distinct histopathologic, immunophenotypi...

Approximately half of estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast tumors will fail to respond to endocrine therapy. Here we used an integrative bioinformatics approach to analyze three gene expression profiling data sets from breast tumors in an attempt to uncover underlying mechanisms contributing to the development of resistance and potential therapeutic strategies to counteract these mechanisms. ...

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 ...

In this paper, we investigated the oxidative profile of breast tumors in comparison with their normal adjacent breast tissue. Our study indicates that breast tumors present enhanced oxidative/nitrosative stress, with concomitant augmented antioxidant capacity when compared to the adjacent normal breast. These data indicate that breast cancers may be responsible for the induction of a prooxidant...

Currently, only patients with HER2-positive tumors are candidates for HER2-targeted therapies. However, recent clinical observations suggest that the survival of patients with HER2-low breast cancers, who lack HER2 amplification, may benefit from adjuvant therapy that targets HER2. In this study, we explored a mechanism through which these benefits may be obtained. Prompted by the hypothesis th...

Benign epithelial lesions with no significant tendency to malignant transformation include: adenoma: -Ductal -lactating -Tubular adenosis: -apocrine -blunt duct -microglandular -sclerosing fibroadenoma radial scar/complex sclerosing lesions Invasive breast carcinomas are divided into two major categories on the basis of their cytoarchitectural features: Invasive ductal carcinoma: -acinic cell c...

PURPOSE Although the etiology of breast cancer is multifactorial, oxidative stress plays an important role in carcinogenesis. In this study, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene polymorphism and activity were evaluated in benign and breast cancer tissue. METHODS One hundred and one females were enrolled in this study, 65 who were histopathologically diagnosed with breast cancer and 46 ...