Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women (23% of all cancers) with more than one million new cases per year worldwide and is still the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women with 411,000 deaths annually (14 % of deaths caused by cancer in women) and overall, it has the second rank of deaths in both men and women in the world. The death rate from breast cancer in Iran is reported to be 1.7 per 100,000 cases, the age-standardized ratio of this disease is estimated to be 24 cases per 100,000 women per year, and considering that Iran has about 35 million are women. This statistic...

Is cancer a genetic disease? Yes, cancer is a genetic disease. It is caused by changes in genes that control the way cells grow and multiply. Cells are the building blocks of your body. Each cell has a copy of your genes, which act like an instruction manual. Genes are sections of DNA that carry instructions to make a protein or several proteins. Scientists have found hundreds of DNA and genetic changes (also called variants, mutations, or alterations) that help cancer form, grow, and spread.Cancer-related genetic changes can occur because:random mistakes in our DNA happen as our cells...