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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53690#.VM83QCzQrzE Author(s)     Fatima Zahra Laamiri 1 , Abdellatif Bouayad 2 , Nadia Hasswane 3 , Samir Ahid 4 , Mustapha Mrabet 1 , Barkat Amina 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy/Research Team in Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco . 2 Laboratory of Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco . 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy/Hospital Sidilahsen, Temara, Morocco . 4 The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Pharmacy Unit at the National Institute of Oncology, Rabat, Morocco . ABSTRACT Background: Several epidemiological studies have been carried to identify the risk factors for developing breast cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors associated with breast cancer in different age groups in the Moroccan women and to determine susceptible...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53385#.VMBtkyzQrzE Author(s)   P. I. J. Moukangoe , M. S. Jansen van Rensburg Affiliation(s) Independent Consultants, Johannesburg, South Africa . ABSTRACT Breast cancer is a serious public health concern in South Africa and globally. It is estimated that one in seven South Africans will develop cancer in their lifetime. According to a case-controlled study, 80% of cancer cases are thought to be due to external, non-inherited factors, which could potentially have been prevented. The objectives of the current case-control study were: 1) to determine the relationship between night shift work and the development of breast cancer; 2) to explore the relationship between night shift work and other types of cancer; 3) to explore any difference between night shift work and breast cancer, and night shift work and other types of cancer. A total of 106 research part...