Background Aluminum is regularly taken up with the daily diet. It is also used in
antiperspirants, as an adjuvant for vaccination, and in desensitization procedures. In this …

Although risk factors are known to include the loss of function of the susceptibility genes
BRCA1/BRCA2 and lifetime exposure to oestrogen, the main causative agents in breast …

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hospital records of 304 patients admitted for over a period of
five years (January 1998 to December 2002) were used for data analysis. STATISTICAL …

Male breast cancer (MBC) is rare. Due to limited information, MBC has always been
understudied. We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study using data from …

Background: The upper outer quadrant (UOQ) of the breast is the most frequent site for
incidence of breast cancer, but the reported disproportionate incidence in this quadrant …

Background Breast cancer is the major cancer of women in the Western world but shows a
rising incidence all over the world (Ursin et al., 1994). Epidemiological evidence …

Objective To obtain information about presenting features of women with breast cancer in
Pakistan, to compare these data with information on patients with breast cancer in the United …

Background To investigate the relationship between mammographic density measured in
four quadrants of a breast with the location of the occurred cancer. Methods One hundred …

Background: Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with a poorer survival and a
pivotal contribution to this delayed diagnosis comes from patient delay in presenting at a …

Background: Benign breast diseases are most common cause of breast problems. Up to
30% of women suffer from benign breast diseases and requiring treatment at some time in …