Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a widespread pathogen that is found in milk, saliva, urine, cervical secretions, and semen fluid. It is supposed that CMV is a risk factor for breast cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of CMV among benign and malignant breast tumors. Paraffin embedded breast carcinoma (n=24) and fibroadenoma (n=24) samples were collected from Toos and Firoozgar...

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 ...

Benign Breast Diseases, though more frequently responsible for bringing the patient to doctor, have not found many places in good recent researches. lesions of breast assumed increasing importance years because public awareness cancer. These benign lumps are a recognized important risk factor later To study surgical profile with disease This retrospective was conducted at ESIC medical college a...

Breast diseases constitute a wide spectrum of disorders and the pattern varies across countries and ethnic groups. A diagnosis of breast cancer is usually associated with anxiety among women, with the result that those who actually have it, present late leading to increased adverse outcome. Most studies on breast disease spectrum in our environment are hospital based. We therefore sought to est...

Background: Fibroepithelial tumours of the breast are mainly fibroadenoma and phyllodes tumour. Our objective was to describe clinical pathological features benign fibroepithelial then compare our findings with reports from other parts world. Methods: We carried out a retrospective study all diagnosed in Department Morbid Anatomy Forensic Medicine Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals C...

HYPOTHESIS Ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy (UGVAB) can serve as an efficient tool for the diagnosis and excision of breast fibroadenomas. DESIGN Patients with a clinically and radiographically suspected breast fibroadenoma were prospectively referred for UGVAB to confirm the diagnosis and to attempt to excise the lesion. PATIENTS Fifty-two female patients, aged 19 to 68 years, were...