Background: Improving the knowledge of healthcare providers towards different aspects of breast cancer leads to appropriate management and screening of disease. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of breast cancer risk factors among a cohort of nurses in Iran. Materials and Methods: The target group of the present study was 243 consecutive nurses (27 males and 216 females) at two re...

occurrence of cutaneous metastasis of gastrointestinal cancer is uncommon, with a reported frequency of less than 5 percent.they can occur as the first sign of disease recurrence in a treated patient or as a sign of terminal disseminated cancer or rarely as the first manifestation of an occult malignancy. the cases reported here represent three different manifestation of cutaneous metastasis of...

Breast cancer, as a heterogeneous disease, includes a wide range of pathological and clinical behaviors. Current treatment protocols, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone replacement therapy, are mainly associated with poor response and high rate of recurrence. Therefore, more efforts are needed to develop alternative therapies for this type of cancer. Immunotherapy, as a novel str...

cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost one hundred diseases. its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites. if the spread is not controlled, cancer can result in death. there has been continuous progress in the development of therapy for cancer....

neuroendocrine tumors are most often located in the intestine and lungs but they can arise from other areas of the body. limited data is available on epidemiology and clinical patterns of neuroendocrine tumors in iran. we analyzed medical records of 34 patients from 2 cancer centers (emam khomeini hospital and omid charity cancer center) in west azarbaijan province of iran with neuroendocrine t...

background: â maintenance of health and its fair and just promotion in any society is the responsibility and duty of its respective government. appropriate financial allocations and prudent decisions in the health sector requires the definition of an index that would reveal the loss resulting from early deaths of any cause and originate from disabilities due to nonfatal outcomes. the disability...

Abstract Background Cancer diagnosis may cause deep emotional and affective problems in patients and their families.Nowadays, however, despite its rising prevalence,cancer is no longer synonymous with death. Given the significance of emotional well-being in cancer patients, we decided to assess the frequency of psychological problems in seven to seventeen yearolds with acute lymphoblastic leu...

Today, nanoscience has grown and developed in various medical and therapeutic areas, including cancer treatment. On the other hand, cancer and its types have been rumored and inclusive and many people suffer from this fatal and deadly disease. Currently, existing therapeutic method, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and etc., along with the therapeutic effect, cause complications that are u...

Background: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. Several risk factors were found to play a role in thyroid cancer. The purpose of the study was to determine the risk factors for thyroid cancer, in Babol, north of Iran. Method: 80 patients with thyroid cancer were selected as case group and 160 people living in the neighborhood of the patients as control group. Risk factors in...