Background: Researchers suggest that benign breast disease (BBD) is a key risk factor for breast cancer. The present study aimed to determinate the risk level of breast cancer in terms of various BBD subgroups.Methods: A meta-analysis was performed to determinate the risk of breast cancer associated with BBD. Observational studies (traditional case-control studies, nested case-control studies, ...

introduction: atherosclerosis, hypertension, ischemic diseases, alzheimer’s disease, parkinson disease, cancer and inflammation emerge from imbalance between antioxidant and oxidants. cancer is a most important public health problem in both developed and developing countries. natural antioxidants such as polyphenols are being used for prevention and treatment cancer. polyphenols include phenoli...

results like other cancers, prostate cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic alterations in a cell that drives it to malignant growth. specific genes and gene alterations have been suggested to play a role in its development and progression. aneuploidy, loss of heterozygosity, gene mutations, hypermethylation and inactivation of specific tumour suppressor genes such as gstpi, apc, mdr1, ...

background & aim: evaluation of prevalence of risk factors for breast cancer in different regions of iran and identification of their significant effect on this disease can promote the prevention and reduction of breast cancer incidence. therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, demographic characteristics, and frequency of the risk factors of breast cancer during 10 years. method...

compared to western countries, pancreatic cancer has a relatively low incidence in iran. it is rarely diagnosed before the fifth decade in iran and most of the patients are older than 60 at the time of diagnosis like to the western countries, where pancreatic cancer is a disease of advanced age. the incidence of the disease in some young patients suggests a possible role of genetic defects, whi...

results no correlation between as and history of rt, rt-to-follow-up time interval, laterality of bc, framingham’s 10-year risk score or traditional cad risk factors were detected. increase in cacs related to the senile atherosclerotic process was shown (p < 0.001). conclusions no difference between cacs was noted between bc patients with a history of 3d-crt and the non-bc women without a histo...

conclusions based on evidence, dentists and dental health care professionals should consider periodontal disease as a risk factor for the development of neoplasms in the oral cavity. it also seems a good idea to provide periodontal therapy for patients with cancer to achieve ideal therapeutic results. results cancer of the oral cavity and periodontal disease are related from different aspects. ...