Relationship Between Level of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Iranian Population.

Background: The relationship between vitamin D and skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is not well defined.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between vitamin D levels and the incidence of skin SCC for the first time in Iran.

Methods And Study Design: In this case-control study, 126 subjects were enrolled (63 in each group) out of referents to Razi Skin Hospital in Tehran in 2014.

Guided imagery effects on chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting in Iranian breast cancer patients.

Background: The objective of this study was to examine the effect of guided imagery on chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting in breast cancer patients.

Design: This was a quasi-experimental study in which a group of sample was evaluated pre and post intervention. A convenience sample of 55 eligible breast cancer patients enrolled to participate in this study after giving informed consent.

Dyslipidemia after kidney transplantation and correlation with cyclosporine level.

Background: Dyslipidemia after kidney transplantation is a frequent finding and is multifactorial. Immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporine (CsA) can cause hypercholesterolemia.

Objectives: As there were few reports with conflicting evidence on whether CsA related dyslipidemia is dose related and that CsA monitoring assays (trough level, C0, or two hour post dose level, C2) is a better predictor for dyslipidemia development; hence, the current study, in a large sample size, was designed to answer these questions.