Volume 11, Issue 1
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ارسال های اخیر
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Comments on the “What is the Future for the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention (and Control) and the Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (and Control)?”
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)
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Unusual Manifestations of Childhood ALL: Isolated Parotid Involvement at Presentation
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)
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Erythrocyte Catalase and Carbonic Anhydrase Activities in Acute Leukemias
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Objective: To determine activity of catalase (CAT) as a antioxidant and carbonic anhydrase (CA) inerythrocytes from acute leukemia cases. Methods: Subjects were recruited from patients attending the ...
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Morphometric Analysis in Potentially Malignant Head and Neck Lesions: Oral Submucous Fibrosis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze cases of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) Grade I, II, IIIand IV morphometrically with regard to epithelium, vasculature and fibrosis and determine any ...
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Influence of Patient’s Perceptions, Beliefs and Knowledge about Cancer on Treatment Decision Making in Pakistan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Introduction: Cancer is a cause of major disease burden across the world and Pakistani data suggest that itsincidence is increasing. Pakistan’s socio-cultural history, social practices, religious beliefs and ...
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Chemopreventive Action of Syzygium cumini on DMBA-induced Skin Papillomagenesis in Mice
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Syzygium cumini L. is widely used for the treatment of diabetes in various parts of India. The protectiveefficacy of S. cumini seed extract (SCE) against peroxidative damage contributing to skin carcinogenesis inSwiss ...
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Community-based Screening of Cervical Cancer in a Low Prevalence Area of India: A Cross sectional Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of women in the world. The disease is amenable to variousscreening tests of which cytological screening by the Papanicolaou technique remains the mainstay for massscreening. ...
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Indian Spice Curcumin may be an Effective Strategy to Combat the Genotoxicity of Arsenic in Swiss Albino Mice
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Inorganic arsenic (As) is considered as a human carcinogen because it is associated with cancers of skin, lung,liver and bladder in exposed populations. Consumption of As contaminated ground water in the long term ...
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Cervix Cancer in Tunisia: Clinical and Pathological Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Introduction: Uterine cervix cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide.Design: In order to review the clinical and pathological features of cervix cancer in the center of Tunisia, ...
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Smoking among Nepali Youth - Prevalence and Predictor
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Tobacco is the single largest risk factor for various diseases and its presence in the young heralds moreserious problems as they may be exposed for longer periods. Prevalence and predictors of smoking among youthwill aid ...
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Expression of ER, PR, and Her-2/neu in Endometrial Cancer: A Clinicopathological Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Objective: To determine any association between expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor(PR), and Her-2/neu and clinicopathological features, including survival, of endometrial carcinoma ...
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AE1/AE3, Vimentin and p63 Immunolocalization in Canine Mammary Gland Tumours: Roles in Differentiation between Luminal Epithelial and Myoepithelial Lineages
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Mammary tumors are by far the most common tumors in female dogs and effective treatment relies onprompt and accurate diagnostic procedures. Canine mammary tumors may originate from various cell types,such as luminal ...
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NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) Pro187Ser Polymorphism and Colorectal Cancer Predisposition in the Ethnic Kashmiri Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)The C609T single nucleotide polymorphism of the NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) gene hasbeen identified as an important risk parameter for the susceptibility to colorectal cancer. We here carried out acase-control ...
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Weekly Cisplatin 20 mg/m2 in Patients with Carcinoma of Cervix receiving Pelvic Radiotherapy at Srinagarind Hospital: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Objectives: To evaluate treatment response and acute treatment-related toxicity of concurrentchemoradiotherapy with cisplatin 20 mg/m2 , compared to 40 mg/m2 as the standard, in locally advancedcervical cancer. ...
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Antitumor Activity of Decoy Oligodeoxynucleotides Targeted to NF-kB in vitro and in vivo
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Background: Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB), a transcription factor, is abundantly expressed in many tumorsand regulates many tumor-relative genes such as c-myc and caspase-8, which NF-κB-mediated genes activationserves ...
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Evaluation of Ovarian Cysts in Breast Cancer Cases on Tamoxifen
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Purpose: The anti- estrogen drug, tamoxifen, is one of the most important medications used in the treatmentof both advanced and localized breast cancer. However, such tamoxifen use may have some risks related to theendometrium ...
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Histopathology of Breast Carcinoma - an Audit of 50 Reports in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Objective: The study was undertaken to document and highlight the shortcomings of histopathology reportingof breast carcinoma in Pakistan so that improvements can be recommended and a standardized protocol ...
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Pesticides and Breast Cancer Risk: a Comparison between Developed and Developing Countries
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Background: A large number of studies in Europe and US find little or no association between pesticidesand breast cancer, adding to the increasingly dominant view that pesticides are not causally related to breastcancer. ...
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Lack of Influence of DNA Repair Gene OGG1 Codon 326 Polymorphisms of Gastric Cancer Risk in the Kashmir Valley
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Damage to DNA may lead to carcinogenesis but is repaired through activation of pathways involvingpolymorphic enzymes, including human 8-oxoguanine glycosylase 1 (OGG1). The present study aimed to assessthe role of genetic ...
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Prognostic Value of Excision Repair Cross-complementing Gene 1 Expression for Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Advanced Gastric Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2010-01-01)Background: Association of excision repair cross-complementing gene 1 (ERCC1) expression and treatmentresponse and survival was evaluated in advanced stages of gastric cancer patients who were given differentplatinum-based ...
