Abstracto

Study of PTEN gene expression and correlation between its expression With rs10490920 SNP in breast cancer

Farhad Farahmand Pouria

According to statistics, from every 10 to 15 women in Iran, there is a risk of one person having breast cancer. The incidence of breast cancer in Iranian women is less than a decade in women from developed countries. The average age of diagnosis of breast cancer is 56 & 45 years old in the Western countries and Iran, respectively. Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death by cancer (1).