Background: Human adiponectin (ApN), a 30 kDa glycoprotein of 244-amino acids which is predominantlyproduced by adipocytes, exerts its effects via two receptors, namely adiponectin receptor-1 (adipo-R1) andadiponectin ...

Background: DICER, one of the microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis proteins, is involved in the maturation ofmiRNAs and is implicated in cancer development and progression. The results from previous epidemiologicalstudies ...

Background: Oral health professionals are responsible in Iran for providing a brief tobacco cessation programto smoker patients. The aim of this study was to assess Iranian dental student and dentist practice, ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is amongst the top three cancer causes of death worldwide with hepatitis Band C viruses (HBV/HCV) as the main etiological agents. An up-to-date descriptive epidemiology of the burdenof ...

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent cancers in South East Asiancountries including Cambodia, where prevalence of chronic carriers of hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV)is reported ...

Background: To determine the cut-off values of the preoperative risk of malignancy index (RMI) used indifferentiating benign or malignant adnexal masses and to determine their significance in differential diagnosisby ...

Background: The aim of this study was to explore the prognostic role of metabolic response to chemotherapy,determined by FDG-PET, in patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and ...

Background: The standard treatment of local advanced nasopharyngeal cancer is chemoradiotherapy. Thereis a lack of data concerning induction therapy. In this study we retrospectively examined patients treated ...

Background: The work force in industries are at risk of developing unduly high rates of health and behaviourrelated problems including abuse of alcohol, betel nut and cigarette (alcohol, betel nut and cigarette ...

Background: In the field of cancer, the ICD-10 coding convention is based on the site of a neoplasm in the bodyand usually ignores the morphology, thus the same code may be assigned to tumors of different morphologic ...

Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among Sri Lankan females, accounting for 26% of thecancer incidence in women. Early detection of breast cancer is conducted by public health midwives (PHMs)in the ...

Background: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the world and by far the most frequent canceramong women. Objective: This study was conducted to observe the effect of progressive relaxation ...

Rad51, a key factor in the homologous recombination pathway for the DNA double-strand break repair,plays a vital role in genesis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In recent years, more and more studiesindicate that ...

Background: Many developing countries are lagging behind in reporting epidemiological data for individualcentral nervous system (CNS) tumors. This paper aimed to elicit patterns for the epidemiology of individualWorld ...

Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma(NHL), accounting for approximately 25% of NHL cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associationbetween ...

Background: EVA1A (eva-1 homolog A) is a novel gene that regulates programmed cell death throughautophagy and apoptosis. Our objective was to investigate the expression profiles and potential role of EVA1Ain normal ...

Cervical cancer (CxCa) is the most common cancer in women and a prominent cause of cancer mortalityworldwide. The primary cause of CxCa is human papillomavirus (HPV). Radiation therapy and chemotherapyhave been used as ...

This descriptive epidemiological study aimed to analyse the mortality trends from gynaecological cancerin Serbia. Average annual percentage of change (AAPC) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals(CIs) were computed ...

Background: Development of squamous cell cancer of head and neck (SCCHN) is associated with humanpapillomavirus (HPV) infection, which in turn is closely related with expression of p16 INK4A. Loss of p16 INK4Aexpression ...

Purpose: To estimate the incidence of breast cancer in Yemeni female patients presenting with a breast mass.Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was carried out with 595 female patients with palpable ...