Interleukin-17, C-reactive protein, Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte ratio, Lymphocyte-to-Monocyte ratio, and lipid profiles in healthy menopausal women with or without hot flashes: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: The reciprocation between systemic inflammatory markers (SIMs), dyslipidemia, and hot flashes (HFs) can play a part in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction through menopause. This study intended to determine the association between some SIMs, lipids, and HFs in healthy menopausal women.

Materials And Methods: We designed a cross-sectional study in which 160 healthy menopausal women aged 40-60 were enrolled.

Risk of developing breast cancer by utilizing Gail model.

The Gail model has been widely used to quantify an individual woman's risk of developing breast cancer by using important clinical parameters, usually for clinical counselling purposes or to determine eligibility for mammography and genetic tests. The aim of the present study was to estimate the five-year and lifetime breast cancer risk among women in Rasht, Iran. In this cross-sectional study, 314 women were evaluated at Alzahra Women Hospital in 2007.