Introduction: Endemic goitre is a major concern in many nations including Malaysia. Seven states in thecountry have been identified by Ministry of Health of Malaysia to have high incidence of goitre and one of ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and second in Thailand. Glutathione Stransferase(GST) enzymes involved in the detoxification of reactive metabolites of carcinogens may be importantin modulating ...

Objective: The aim this study was to estimate the fraction of leukemia incidence in Iran attributable tooccupational exposure to benzene, ionizing radiation, and ethylene oxide. Methods: Nationwide ...

Background: Many epidemiological studies have indicated that inbreeding has little or no effect on theincidence of cancer. Due to the high prevalence of consanguinity in Qatar (54%), its influence may neverthelessbe ...

Background: Treatment of patients with platinum resistant/refractory ovarian cancer is a significant problem.In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of the combination of gemcitabine and pegylated ...

Cancer incidence data collected by the Guam Cancer Registry for the period 1998 through 2002 were analyzedby cancer site, age, and ethnicity. Ethnicity and site specific age-adjusted cancer incidence rates for Guamresidents ...

Objective: Oxidative stress has emerged as a major etiological factor for breast cancer. Diet derivedantioxidants play an important role against oxidative stress and the aim of the present study was to examineroles ...

Background: Food change due to cooking temperature and unrecognized heat-formed chemical carcinogensmay impact on the risk of stomach and colo-rectal cancers. To test this hypothesis a case-control study wasperformed. ...

In India, the national census provides population figures once every 10 years. However, since cancer incidencedata provide various rates for five year age groups, the calculation of the relevant population estimates for ...

The objective of the present study was to determine if a specific window of development (neonatal/ prepubertalonly, adult only, or life-time) is effective for genistein chemoprevention of prostate cancer, and the ...

The alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) *2 (47His) allele and the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) *2(487Lys) allele are seen among some Asian peoples, but rare among other ethnic groups. This study examinedthe allele frequencies ...

Purpose: The heparan sulfate–degrading endoglycosidase may mediate tumor invasion and metastasis. It isknown that heparanase-1 (HPA-1) plays an important role in cleaving heparan sulfate. In this study weinvestigated its ...

The purpose was to examine breast cancer screening behavior in Turkish women, the reasons for not doingscreening and the relationship between health beliefs and levels of self-esteem, body perception, and hopelessness.This ...

Aim: To investigate the practical use of description for CIN 2 or CIN 3 in HSIL cytology, the objective of thepresent study is to compare the prevalence of histologic CIN 2/3 or cancer (CIN 2+) between women withcytologic ...

Objective: To determine the validity of pulsatility and resistance index of transabdominal Doppler ultrasound(e-flow) in distinguishing between benign and malignant adnexal masses. Methods: A ...

Breast cancer and the associated physical problems may cause people to experience different psychologicaland social adaptation processes. Nursing interventions can affect physical, psychological and social adaptationin ...

Purpose: to investigate genetic polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTT1 and CYP1A1 and the association withthe risk of oral cancer in the Jakarta population. Method: A total of 81 cases and 162 controls matched for ageand ...

The Arab world, stretching from Lebanon and Syria in the north, through to Morocco in the west, Yemen inthe south and Iraq in the east, is the home of more than 300 million people. Cancer is already a major problemand the ...

Background: Cancer is the third most common cause of death in Iran. The gastrointestinal cancers are themost frequent neoplasms among Iranian males and second to breast cancer among females. The objective ofthis ...

Introduction: South Asia is an enigma for gastric cancer, a low risk region with a contradictory high prevalencefor Helicobacter pylori. Patients and Methods: To examine the demographics, pathology ...