The Mumbai Cancer Registry was established in 1964 with the aim of obtaining reliable morbidity and mortalitydata from precisely defined urban population. It was first and only such registry for merely two decades functioningin ...

Risk factors forPLC due to viral infections and exposure to herbicides have not been available in south Viet Nam.The aim of this study was to clarify geographical differences in cancer incidence of PLC and its risk factors ...

The aim of the present study was to examine the risk of cervical cancers with reference to multiparity and illiteracyin Ho Chi Minh City where this neoplasm is a very serious problem but no reports have documented its risk ...

Previous epidemiological studies have suggested that lack of exercise and a high fat diet increase the risk ofcolorectal cancer. We planned a clinical trial to test these propositions, using subjects with multiple ...

Present study examined various socio-demographic factors, dietary patterns, habit of tobacco consumption andplasma vitamin levels in 56 healthy individuals, 146 patients with oral precancerous conditions (OPC) and 132untreated ...

In order to determine smoking cessation rates among those who visit medical facilities in Japan, a large-scalefollow-up study was conducted. Subjects were self-reported smokers who visited a cancer hospital, a general ...

In addition to mutagens and/or carcinogens a number of modulators of carcinogenesis are present in ourenvironment. Some of them are contained in our regular foods and therefore dietary factors play a role in thedevelopment ...

Background: As there are few available data regarding cancers in Viet Nam, the aim of the present study was toevaluate cancer risk ratios and geographical differences in cancer incidences between the south and north ...

Cancer registration in the population based cancer registry (PBCR), Chennai, India, is carried out by activemethods. It undertakes re-screening of cases in government hospitals and Cancer Institute (WIA), trace back ...