The capability of saliva protein analysis, based on membrane protein purification and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), for detecting benign and malignant breast tumors is presented in this paper. A total of 97 SERS spectra from purified saliva proteins were acquired from samples obtained from three groups: 33 healthy subjects; 33 patients with benign breast tumors; and 31 patients wi...

This is an explorative study, rarely conducted in Iraq relied on sample of women with breast tumors to measure the possible contribution of chromium(Cr) and selenium(Se)values in the serum and hair to breast tumor genesis. Serum and hair samples were taken from 59 females with age from 25 to 60 years. Thirty four females with breast tumor were grouped according to the type of tumor into two gro...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Prostrate-specific antigen (PSA) is a marker of prostate gland malignancy which has been considered in cases with breast cancer in recent years. The goal of this study was to determine total and free PSA levels in cases with malignant and benign breast lesions. METHOD Ninety women with histological proved malignant breast masses and...

Patients with malignancy are at higher risk of thrombotic complications due to the hypercoagulability state. Our objective in this study was to assess the serum concentrations of Homocysteine, anti phospholipid antibodies, and anti cardiolipin in patients with benign and malignant breast tumors and study the effect of chemotherapy on the serum levels of these markers. A case control study was c...

Introduction: Phyllodes tumors (PT) are rare and account for 0.3% to 0.5% of all breast tumors. PT may be classified as benign, borderline or malignant. The aim this study was report a case malignant the breast. Case report: A 27-year-old woman presented with mass in left histopathological features malignancy (results US breast: an oval, lobulated hypoechogenic lesion, measuring 7.7 cm – BI-RAD...

Granular cell tumor is a type of benign tumor that rarely shows malignant findings. It can occur in any part of the body, it is most commonly seen in the tongue. The breast is an extraordinary localization site for granular cell tumor. When it forms a solitary mass with irregular contours in the breast, it can mimic a clinically and radiologically malignant breast tumor, which may lead to unnec...

background: phyllodes tumors are uncommon neoplasms of the breast. data about their outcome is limited. this study aims to evaluate patients diagnosed with phyllodes tumors in terms of local recurrence, distant metastasis and overall survival. methods: we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 129 women with phyllodes tumors who referred to our center from 1999 to 2013. clinical and pa...

PURPOSE To evaluate fast 3D near-infrared breast imaging using the optical contrast agent indocyanine green (ICG) for the detection and characterization of breast lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS 30 patients with suspicious breast lesions on mammography and/or ultrasound underwent fast 2 Hz 3D optical mammography before, during, and after administration of a 25 mg ICG bolus prior to needle biop...

OBJECTIVE This study is to investigate the diagnostic role of multi-mode ultrasound in level 4 BI-RADS breast lesions and to establish a Logistic regression model. METHODS Totally 179 patients with 182 sites of breast lesions were enrolled in this study. Preoperatively, the examinations of routine ultrasonography, elastography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and three-dimensional color Dop...

PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy of benign core biopsy of probably benign breast lesions (category 3) 2 cm or larger on the basis of excisional biopsy and long-term follow-up. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 146 category 3 lesions in 146 patients 2 cm or larger which were diagnosed as benign by ultrasound (US)-guided core biopsy. Patients were initially diagnosed as benign at core needle ...