Objective: To provide an overview of Project ACTIVITY, a group randomized intervention trial designed totest the efficacy of a community-based, comprehensive approach to tobacco control for youth (10-19 ...

Objective: To determine the clinicopathological features of bladder tumours encountered over a five yearperiod in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre. Methods: Medical records of bladder ...

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 ...

The leukemias are the most common form of childhood malignancy. The pediatric dental professional playsa major role in the prevention, stabilization and treatment of the oral and dental problems that can compromisethe ...

Aims: This study was performed to determine oral cancer survival among Malay patients in Hospital UniversitiSains Malaysia (HUSM), Kelantan. Methods: The medical records of 118 Malay patients with oral cancer ...

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. ...

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 ...

With developments in the philosophy behind animal testing for carcinogenicity and toxicity, with increasing emphasis on Mode of Action analysis, the future usefulness of the 2 year rodent carcinogenesis bioassay is in doubt.

The incidence of colorectal cancer is rising and increasing public awareness of this condition has stimulatedinterest in screening tests. Colorectal cancer is treatable and curable in its early stages and clear benefits ...

Introduction: Cervical cancers (CC) demonstrate the second highest incidence of female cancers in Malaysia.The costs of chronic management have a high impact on nation’s health cost and patient’s quality of ...

Introduction: Chemotherapy related neutropenia developing in oncologic patients is a significant conditionand major cause of morbidity and mortality. Febrile neutropenic attacks without complications can be ...

One of the most common cancers in women worldwide is cervical cancer, with death rates highest in lessdeveloped countries, including Thailand. This study was conducted to explore the prevalence of humanpapillomavirus (HPV) ...

There are no data available on cancer incidence pattern in rural Delhi. This is the first report on cancerincidence among Delhi Rural population during 2004-05 which gives the first hand information on cancerincidence. The ...

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 ...

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. ...

In 1996 the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (IBAMA) officially adopted a variation of the multi-organ initiation-promotion DMBDD bioassay as a valid source of evidence of the carcinogenic potential of pesticides. ...

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer among females in Yemen and world-wide,Yemeni women are still facing an increasing threat to it in recent years and optimal chances for survival fromBC in women ...

While it has been generally accepted that genotoxic carcinogens have no dose threshold for their carcinogenic potential, there is increasing evidence that very low doses in fact are incapable of inducing tumours or ...