The Mumbai Cancer Registry has been in operation since 1964 and reliable morbidity and mortality data on cancer havebeen obtained for the first time in India, from a precisely outlined population. An attempt has been made ...

This paper overviewed risk factors of pancreatic cancer. Both genetic and environmental factors may be playingsignificant roles in the development of pancreatic cancer. Cigarette smoking has been established as a major ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), distributed throughout the world, is classified into seven geographically separatedgenotypes designated A to G. Since the prevalence of HBV infection in isolated ethnic Tibetan populations in ...

Cancer prevention is an important strategy in cancer control and it consists of primary prevention and secondaryprevention. Major avoidable or manageable risk factors for cancer identified from previous studies are ...

Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is preceded by well characterized pre-cancerous lesions which if left untreatedmay progress to invasive carcinoma. In the present study women in the age group of 35-55 years with ...

This paper reports the sensitivity and specificity of self-reported ABO blood type. Subjects were 283 outpatientswho participated in Helicobacter pylori eradication program at Aichi Cancer Center Hospital. Excluding ...

“Betel quid chewers’ oral cancer” is one of the most common malignancies in South and SoutheastAsian countries.Oral premalignancies are also very common in betel quid chewers and about 10% of these undergo malignanttransformation. ...