Although the incidence of stomach cancer has been declining, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death ‍worldwide. Potential protective effects of allium vegetables against cancer have been reported by a few ...

Spices and flavouring agents are now receiving incresaing attention as many of them have been shown to have ‍anticarcinogenic properties. Cloves, sundried unopened flower buds from the plant Syzygium aromaticum L, are ...

The burden of tobacco related cancers is increasing alarmingly throughout the world; therefore tobacco control merits ‍the highest priority in the fight against cancer worldwide. The present report concerns a case control ...

Relative incidence rates for colon and rectal cancer vary greatly between populations in the world. While Japanese ‍have historically had low prevalence, immigration to the United States has now resulted in equal if not ...

Curcumin is the main biologically active phytochemical compound in turmeric. It has been shown to have ‍anticarcinogenic activity. The aims of the study were to identify the mechanism of apoptosis of HL-60 human ‍promyelocytic ...

CYP2E1 and GSTP1 enzymes belong to phase I and phase II group of drug metabolizing enzymes respectively ‍which are involved in the metabolic activation and detoxification of various potential genotoxic compounds. The ...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a serious health problem in Thailand. It is caused by the combined effects of ‍Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), carcinogens and genetic susceptibility. The glutathione S-transferase M1 gene (GSTM1) ...

We conducted a prevalent case-control study with 51 chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cases and 476 controls ‍to investigate the associations between glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1), glutathione S-transferase M1 ...

Although chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major risk factors for liver cancer, the level ‍of knowledge about liver cancer risk factors and HBV transmission, as well as vaccination have not been ...

Centella asiatica (CA) and Rhinacanthus nasutus (RN )have been used for treatment of various illnesses, but the ‍mechanisms of action remain largely unknown. This study focused on the influence of CA and RN extracts on ...

This first population-based study of non- Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) from any region in Pakistan, provides an ‍overview of the incidence pattern and time trends in Karachi and generates hypotheses for future experimental ...

Lung cancer is a complex group of diseases but each lesion is thought to originate from a single mutated progenitor ‍cell. It is evident that multiple genetic changes are involved in the generation of each specific type ...

Background: Vasectomy is a common method of family planning in India and worldwide. The objective of the ‍present study was to assess the association of vasectomy with prostate cancer in a low risk population of a ...

Polymerase chain reaction with confronting two-pair primers (PCR-CTPP) is an effective genotyping method ‍for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in aspects of reducing time and costs for analysis. So far we have ...

Inter-individual differences in cancer susceptibility may be mediated in part through polymorphic variability in ‍the bioactivation and detoxification of carcinogens. The glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), which are active ...

Bhurgri Y (2005) have studied the time trends in the site specific oral cancer incidence in the Karachi South, a ‍sample population of Pakistan with a representation of all ethnic and socio-economic groups of the country. ...