background: vaccination is one of the most common painful procedures in infants. the irreversible consequences due to pain experiences in infants are enormous. breast feeding and massage therapy methods are the non-drug methods of pain relief. therefore, this research aimed to compare the vaccination-related pain in infants who underwent massage therapy or breast feeding during injection. mater...

objectives: the aim of present study was examining the effectiveness of group metacognition treatment on metacognition beliefs in women with breast cancer. method: in a quasi-experimental design, with pre-test and post-test and control group, 24 patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer, among patients who referred to the division of oncology and  radiotherapy of  imam hossein hospital  in teh...

INTRODUCTION Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare disease that accounts for <1% of breast cancer cases. The most common treatment is modified radical mastectomy (MRM). Recently, breast conservative surgery (BCS) is getting popular for MBC treatment. We report a case and reviewed the literature to investigate whether emerging BCS can be considered as an alternative of a more radical surgery. PRE...

background: anxiety is the most prevalent psychological side effect of breast cancer and chemotherapy. this study aimed to determine the effect of slow stroke back massage (ssbm) on the anxiety of old female patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. methods: in this quasi-experimental study, 80 elderly women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy were enrolled by continuous sampl...

results the results showed that the mean scores of nausea in the control group was increased from 2.97 on the first day to 3.26 and in the intervention group was decreased from 3.44 to 1.52 at the end of trial. however there was not any significant difference in the first, second, third and fourth days between two groups. conclusions massage can reduce nausea. however further studies with large...

dermatomyositis (dm) is a rare idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with characteristic skin lesions. case series have shown an association between dermatomyositis and malignancy. malignancy has been found in 15-25% of the adult patients with dermatomyositis. a 50-year-old new case of breast cancer, was admitted with muscle weakness and inability to walk. physical examination revealed fever, perior...

Background & Aims: Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders with various conservative therapeutic methods for its management. The aim of this study was to investigate national research regarding the effects of conservative treatment methods of PFPS. Methods: The review process was performed using the keywords of a...

adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery enhances late toxicities: Long-term results of the ARCOSEIN multicenter randomized study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:324–332. 2. Munshi A, Jalali R, Budrukar A. In regards to Arcangeli, et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;64:161–167). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:632. 3. Arcangeli G, Pinnaro P, Rambon...