Menopausal symptoms have been suggested to be an indicator of better prognosis among patients treated for breast cancer, because women who experience these symptoms usually have a lower level of estrogen. We tested this hypothesis in a population-based, prospective cohort study involving 4,842 women with stage 0 to III primary breast cancer who were enrolled in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Surviv...

BACKGROUND New breast cancers occur in 25% to 30% of women < 50 years of age. These young women undergo ablative surgery, chemotherapy, or hormonal/targeted treatment. These treatments have resulted in increased survival but at the expense of early menopause, marked by distressing vasomotor symptoms, sexual dysfunction, decreased metabolism, and musculoskeletal and cardiovascular effects. MET...

Background: Breast cancer is a life-threatening pathology affecting women across the world. Evidence suggests deficiency of knowledge and numerous sociodemographic factors contribute to delayed medical attention seeking behavior whether initial symptoms breast go undetected. Objective: This study aimed assess knowledge, attitudes practices regarding among Parakou University female students in 2...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women, and screening is the best way to make an early diagnosis. the aim of this study was to determine the rate of screening mammography and related variables in the mammography center of mousavi hospital, located in zanjan, iran. methods: this was a prospective descriptive study. study sample size was 526 women who were selected by ...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer can very rarely result in late metastases to the paranasal sinuses. METHODS AND RESULTS We present a 75-year-old woman who developed sinonasal symptoms mimicking sinusitis 20 years after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. Rigid nasendoscopy was unremarkable, but due to persistent unilateral nasal symptoms and suspicious radiological findings, the patient underwent e...

Giant cell arteritis is an inflammatory lesion of the large- and medium-sized arteries, usually involving the temporal arteries of older women. Rarely, the breast has been reported as the primary site of involvement. Patients usually present with breast masses that are tender or painful in most reported cases. The disease may be associated with constitutional symptoms that resemble polymyalgia ...

mammography remians the procedure of choice in screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer. however, in patients with symptoms, other types of imaging play an important role in the detection of malignancies. the high cost and lack of availability of pet and mri largely precludes the use in this patient population. ti-201 is nbt the imaging agent of choice because of its wash-out and redistri...

A sample of 500 consecutive women without symptoms of breast disease attending a breast screening clinic were investigated regarding their attitude to breast screening and to the extension of the screening programme to other forms of cancer. Attendance at the screening clinic was found to be reassuring by 94.2%, and 96.4% felt that the screening programme should be extended to include other for...

OBJECTIVE To investigate Candida species and Staphylococcus aureus and the development of 'nipple and breast thrush' among breastfeeding women. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Two hospitals in Melbourne, Australia (one public, one private) with follow-up in the community. PARTICIPANTS 360 nulliparous women recruited at ≥36 weeks' gestation from November 2009 to June ...