background: breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among the women worldwide. the risk of local and distant recurrence is the highest during the first two years following the initial treatment. very late relapse (after 12 years) is uncommon in breast cancer survivors. methods: herein, we report the characteristics and outcomes of 6 such cases of breast can...

background dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (dce - mri) has been widely used in the management of breast cancer, and its diagnostic value in breast imaging has been demonstrated. there have only been a few reports regarding the usefulness of pre-contrast imaging. knowledge about clinically significant findings of preoperative, pre-contrast t1 and t2 mr images will allow more...

objectives we undertook this study to compare the results of hormone receptor assessment in cnb and surgical samples on our patients. patients and methods hormone receptor status was determined in cnb and surgical samples in breast cancer patients whose cnb and operation had been performed in this institute from 2009 to 2011 and had not undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy. results about 350 pati...

background: cox proportional hazard (cph) model is the most widely used model for survival analysis. when there are unobserved/unmeasured individuals factor, then the results of the cox proportional hazard model may not be reliable. the purpose of this study was to compare the results of cph and frailty models in breast cancer (bc) patients. methods: a historical cohort study was carried out us...

introduction: considering the anti-inflammatory role of intravenous (iv) lidocaine, its analgesic properties, and its ability to reduce the need for opioids during and after surgery, in this study we decided to evaluate the effect of iv lidocaine infusion on levels of inflammatory factors based on neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (nlr) in breast cancer surgery candidates. methods: the present stu...

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: many literatures have documented that psychosocial care can improve health outcomes and reduce morbidity in women with breast cancer. the aim of this study was to evaluate the opinion of the breast cancer professional team members on integration of psychosocial care in regular management of breast cancer. methods: a cross sectional sample of 313 physicians involving in diagnosis, tr...

background: fighting against cancers includes management in prevention, early treatment, and rehabilitation. this research is a descriptive study that was done to determine the women's knowledge attitude and practice about prevention of breast cancer. methods: the sample of this research included 630 women in kerman city, more than 15 years old, that selected in several stages (cluster, randomi...

background: prognostic models have clinical appeal to aid therapeutic decision making. two main practical challenges in development of such models are assessment of validity of models and imputation of missing data. in this study, importance of imputation of missing data and application of bootstrap technique in development, simplification, and assessment of internal validity of a prognostic mo...