Volume 9, Issue 2
مرور بر اساس
ارسال های اخیر
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Community Participatory Approach: An Important Managerial Role in Cancer Control
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Despite the mountain of information generated by researchers, the cancer problem has not significantlydeclined and perhaps in certain situations it is gradually increasing, affecting those who are previously at lowrisk. ...
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Antioxidants Intake and Status, and Oxidative Stress in Relation to Breast Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study in Malaysia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)A case control study was carried out to investigate associations between breast cancer risk, antioxidantstatus and oxidative stress among women in Klang Valley and Selangor. A total of 57 newly diagnosed casesaged 30 to ...
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Epidemiologic Patterns of Primary Brain Tumors in Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)There appear to be some differences between the patterns of brain tumor epidemiology in Iran and westerncountries. Thus, the prevalence of glioma was earlier estimated to be about 45% of all brain tumors, somewhatlow in ...
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Primary non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Uterine Cervix
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Primary malignant lymphoma of the cervix is a rare disease. Because the number of reports of this cancer islimited, there is no consensus on its management, prognosis or the efficacy of various treatments. Primarymalignant ...
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Comparison of Mediterranean, Western and Japanese Diets and Some Recommendations
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)During the past thousands of years, food systems, and thus human diets, have been and are shaped byclimate, terrain, seasons, location, culture, and technology. In this context, many types of diet patterns haveemerged. ...
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Survival Rates and Prognosis of Gastric Cancer using an Actuarial Life-table Method
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Background and aims: The aim of this study was to calculate survival rates and analyze patterns of survivalin gastric cancer. Methods: A total number of 746 patients with gastric cancer registered in the Cancer ...
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Cancer in East Azerbaijan, Iran: Results of a Population-based Cancer Registry
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Background and aims: Regardless of the fact that cancers of GI tract have been reported to be the mostcommon fatal neoplasms in East Azerbaijan, there is a serious lack of population-based studies in this region. ...
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Association Between Risk of Breast Cancer and Fertility Factors - a Latent Variable Approach
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in females. Many studies have been carriedout in order to assess the reproductive risk factors. Particular attention has focused on information ...
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Assessment of Confounding and Interaction using the Mantel-Haenszel Risk Estimation Method
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)The association between an exposure of interest (risk factor) and a disease may be confounded by the actionof other separate factors as well as by interactions between risk factors exerting an impact. Crude measures ofeffect ...
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Lack of Chronic Oral Toxicity of Chemopreventive Bovine Lactoferrin in F344/DuCrj Rats
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Studies were undertaken to determine whether bovine lactoferrin (bLF) and related compounds, shown toprevent carcinogenesis in the colon and other organs in rats, have any toxic effects in long-term feeding studies.In ...
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Longitudinal Study of Smoking Progression in Chinese and Vietnamese American Adolescents
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)The use of tobacco remains a significant public health concern among Asian American (AA) adolescents.Understanding the factors that affect smoking progression among Chinese and Vietnamese adolescents inparticular, may help ...
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Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer in Kyrgyzstan Women of Reproductive Age
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)The purpose of the present study was to assess the ovarian cancer incidence rate among women of reproductiveage in Kyrgyzstan. Sources of data were records of all patients who were first diagnosed as suffering fromovarian ...
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Methylthioadenosine Phosphorylase Expression in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)The methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) gene is a tumour suppressor gene, located on chromosome9p21, 100 kb telomeric of the p15 and p16 genes, which are often deleted in tumor cells. The role of MTAPprotein expression ...
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Factors Influencing In-hospital Length of Stay and Mortality in Cancer Patients Suffering from Febrile Neutropenia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Introduction: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a major complication of chemotherapy, costly in terms of morbidity,mortality and associated financial expenditure. The present study was conducted with the goal of ...
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Lack of Influence of Cyclooxygenese-2 Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinomas on Patient Survival
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Recent studies suggest that cyclooxygenese-2 (COX-2) enzyme activation may play a role inhepatocarcinogenesis. However, the clinical significance of COX-2 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)remains obscure. This ...
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hTR RNA Component as a Marker of Cellular Proliferation in Oral Lichen Planus
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Previously, we have shown that the telomerase RNA component hTR is highly expressed in the epithelium ofnon-dysplastic Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) lesions (11). We concluded that it is possible that this high expressionmight ...
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Gastric and Colo-rectal Cancer Mortality in Viet Nam in the Years 2005-2006
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Background: The International Collaborative Epidemiological Study of Host and Environmental Factorsfor Stomach and Colorectal Cancers in Southeast Asian Countries (SEACs) has been conducted in Viet Namfrom 2003 to ...
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Endometrial Adenocarcinoma in Young Thai Women
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Objective: To evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics and survival analysis in endometrialadenocarcinoma women younger than the age of 40 years compare to older women. Methods: Medical ...
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Aspirin Intake Suppresses MMC-induced Genotoxicity in Mice
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)The genotoxicity induced by mitomycin C (MMC) was found to be decreased by aspirin on alkaline singlecell gel electrophoresis (SCG) assay in multiple organs of mice. Aspirin at doses of 0.5, 5 and 50 mg/kg andMMC at 2 mg/kg ...
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Outcome of Breast Cancer in Iran: A Study of Tehran Cancer Registry Data
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-02-01)Background: Breast Cancer is the second most common cancer among Iranian women. This study wasconducted to define the outcome of breast cancer which had been registered by Tehran Cancer Registry. Methods:All ...
