Volume 6, Issue 1
مرور بر اساس
ارسال های اخیر
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Guidelines on Confidentiality for Population-Based Cancer Registration
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)
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International Rules for Multiple Primary Cancers
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)
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Accuracy of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) for Early Detection of Cervical Dysplasia in Tehran, Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of visual inspection with 5% acetic acid (VIA) when used to detect cervical cancer and its precursors. Methods: The study population included women attended ...
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Awareness of Oral Cancer and Precancer Among Patients Attending a Hospital in Sri Lanka
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Objective: To assess awareness about oral cancer and precancer among patients attending for dental treatment at a University Dental hospital. Methods and materials: A self-administered questionnaire was used ...
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Relation of the CD36 Gene A52C Polymorphism to the Risk of Colorectal Cancer Among Japanese, with Reference to with the Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Gene Glu487Lys Polymorphism and Drinking Habit
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)High consumption of white meat (or saturated fatty acids) and alcohol has been demonstrated to have a tendency to increase the risk of colorectal cancer, according to the level of malondialdehyde-deoxyguanosine adducts ...
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Screening for Breast Cancer - is There an Alternative to Mammography?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Given the continuing increase in mammary cancer incidence and in many cases also mortality across the world, as well as the difficulty with primary prevention, the question of whether screening for early detection is ...
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Variables Associated with Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients -the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Experience
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)From a cohort of female breast cancer patients registered at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, in Lahore, Pakistan, during the time period extending from December 1994 to December 2002, 700 ...
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Population Based Survival of Female Breast Cancer Cases in Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Breast cancer is the most frequent tumor among Saudi women, accounting to 19.8% of female cancers. The present study was conducted to determine 5-year survival for all cases of invasive breast cancer that occurred during ...
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Olive: Fruit of Peace Against Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)The olive has a history almost as long as that of Western civilization and has been looked upon as a sign of hope, peace, and sacredness. Olive oil, extracted from the olive, is the principal source of dietary fat in the ...
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Risk Factors for Esophageal Cancer: a Case-control Study in South-western China
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Esophageal cancer is a crucial cancer in China. Yanting in Sichuan Province was a key area with highest esophageal cancer mortality in China, but little evidence on esophageal cancer risk factors has been reported for ...
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A Case-control Study of Multiple Myeloma in Japan: Association with Occupational Factors
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Recently the incidence rate of multiple myeloma (MM) has increased in Japan. Epidemiologic efforts have suggested that certain occupational and chemical exposures are likely to increase the risk for MM. We therefore ...
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis Virus B Seropositive in the Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma: a Summary
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)The exact etiology of cholangiocarcinoma remains undetermined. One of the related risk factors for its development might be chronic viral hepatitis infection. Concerning hepatitis B infection, a correlation with ...
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Dietary Administration of Inositol and/or Inositol-6-phosphate Prevents Chemically-induced Rat Hepatocarcinogenesis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Chemoprevention is considered a rational strategy for dietary approaches to prevention of cancer. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that many of our dietary principles are able to intervene in the multistage carcinogenesis ...
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Epidemiology of Breast Cancer in Females of Reproductive Age in Kyrgyzstan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)The goal of this research was to study breast cancer morbidity in females of reproductive age in Kyrgyzstan. Information on patients was obtained from the National Center of Oncology under the Ministry of Health and the ...
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Peer Education Project on Breast Self-Examination in Izmir, Turkey
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Purpose: The purpose of this research was to assess undergraduate female student knowledge related to the Peer Education Method and Breast Self-Examination (BSE), to encourage them to refer for screening with certain ...
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Long-Term Prediction of Female Breast Cancer Mortality in Korea
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Not only the incidence but also the mortality of female breast cancer has been steadily increasing in Korea since the 1980s. Epidemiologic evidence on changes in lifestyle and risk factors related with breast cancer, and ...
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2nd APOCP General Assembly Conference, Seoul, KoreaTokudomeInternational Research Group, Seoul, Korea
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)
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Statement of Intent of Malcolm Moore, Chief Editor of the APJCP 2005/2006
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)
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Genetic Polymorphism of Drug Metabolizing Enzymes (CYP2E1, GSTP1) and Susceptibility to Bladder Cancer in North India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)Glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) are active in the detoxification of wide variety of endogenous or exogenous carcinogens and genetic polymorphisms of CYP2E1 and GSTP1 genes have been studied extensively to evaluate the ...
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Cancer Mortality and Serum Levels of Carotenoids, Retinol, and Tocopherol: a Population-based Follow-up Study of Inhabitants of a Rural Area of Japan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2005-01-01)A total of 3,182 subjects (1,239 males and 1,943 females) aged from 39y to 79y, were recruited from the inhabitants of a rural area in Japan who participated in health check-up programs from 1988 to 1995. During the 10.5 ...
