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This study showed that the spleen might have an important effect on lipid metabolism and splenic autotransplantation may be protective in conditions with increased lipid levels.

HSH and SH are both safe and effective methods for surgical treatment of Grade III and Grade IV hemorrhoidal disease. In our study, the HSH method was determined to be safer, easier, and faster to perform, and associated with fewer long-term recurrences than the SH method.

Invasive breast cancer is a histologically heterogeneous disease; among numerous histological types, invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common, present in 70%-75% of the cases (1, 2), followed by invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), present in 5%-15% of the cases (1-3). Mixed invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma (IDLC), which has characteristics of both invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma, is present in approximately 5% of the cases (2). Lately, the prevalence of the lobular breast tumors has been on the rise, particularly in postmenopausal women; this increase has been linked with evidence suggesting that frequent use of hormone replacement therapy in recent years has increased the risk of ILC and IDLC development more than that of IDC (4-6). Clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes of ILC and IDC have been compared in numerous studies with conflicting results. On the other hand, few studies have compared IDLC with ILC and IDC. In this study, we compared ILC, IDC and IDLC in terms of clinicopathological and treatment features, metastatic patterns and longterm survival retrospectively in a 10 years patient cohort. Materials and Methods Ethical standards The research protocol of this clinical study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the