Publications by authors named "Nilofar Nisi"

Breast cancer is the most common cause of death among women worldwide. Although there are many known risk factors in breast cancer development, infectious diseases have appeared as one of the important key to contribute to carcinogenesis formation. The effects of Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) on women with breast cancer has been recently studied and reported.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Colorectal cancer is the most repetitious malignancies with high mortality worldwide. JC virus (JCV) is ubiquitous Polyomavirus, with seroprevalence rates ranging from 70% to 90% in adult population. Recently the role of JCV have been reported in many malignant tumors worldwide.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Ductal carcinoma is one of the most common breast cancer (BrC) among the women in the world. Several factors may involve in establishment of breast cancer. The role of viral infections have been investigated in BrC, Among them the association of Epstein Barr virus have been reported in the patients with breast cancer type ductal carcinoma.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background and Objective: Human papilloma virus (HPV) 16 and HPV18 have been detected in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) and there is evidence that detection of HPVs would have better prognostic value than patients with HNSCC negative for HPVs. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate frequency of HPV 16 and HPV 18 genotypes in patients with laryngeal carcinoma. Materials and methods: Fifty formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks of laryngeal cancers were collected.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF