1. Breast cancer, Facts & Figures 2009–2010, American Cancer Society. Available in: http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/F861009_final%209-09-08-09pdf .
2. Parkin DM, Bary FL, Devesa SS. Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture. Eur J Cancer. 2001;37:s4–s66.
3. Sadjadi A, Nouraie M, Mohagheghi MA, Mousavi-Jarrahi A, Malekzadeh R, Parkin DM. Cancer occurrence in Iran in 2002, an International prospective. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2005;6:359–63.
4. Cancer Control Office of Ministry of Health: Iranian annual cancer registration report: 2003. Tehran, Ministry of Health publication 2005. [in Persian].
5. Harirchi I, Karbakhsh M, Kashefi A, Momtahen AJ. Breast cancer in Iran: results of a multi-center study. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2004;5(1):24–7.