Background: This study determine oxidative stress and survival prospectively in advanced stage non smallcell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients following cisplatin based combination chemotherapy. Materials and ...

Background: The Government of India issued an undertaking in the Supreme Court mandating pictorialhealth warnings (PHWs) on packages of tobacco products from 31st May, 2009 under “Cigarettes and OtherTobacco Products ...

Objective: the objective of this study is to explore the perceptions of medical students regarding the Papsmear test. Methodology: Focus group discussion was held with twenty three medical students. The students ...

Background: Although cervical cancer is a preventable disease, its prevalence is increasing in many developingcountries. The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors. Materials and Methods: This ...

Cervical cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer among women in low-resource settings, affectingwomen at a time of life when they are critical to social and economic stability. Every year, about 500,000 womenworldwide ...

Objective: This paper was to examine the role of anxiety in mammography screening. Breast cancerscreening with mammography has been shown to be effective for preventing breast cancer death. Howevermammography ...

Objective: To find out female hospital-based healthcare professionals’ knowledge of cervical cancer, HPVand attitudes towards HPV vaccination. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional hospital-based study. ...

Arsenic (a Group I carcinogen in humans) contamination and poisoning of human populations in different parts of Southeast and Eastern Asia, including West Bengal and Bangladesh, has become a major environmental concern. ...

Background: Breast canceris an important public health problem. Although the disease is widespread, theprognosis is good, especially with early diagnosis. For this to occur, a consciousness of protection of breast ...

Ethanolic extract of Hydrastis canadensis has been tested for its possible anti-cancer potentials againstp-dimethylaminoazobenzene (p-DAB) induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice. Mice were chronically fedp-dimethylaminoazobenzene ...

Although many studies have shown that smoking is an established risk factor for gastric cancer, relatively few studies have investigated on which step smoking has effects in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) related gastric ...

In the present investigation anti-tumour, anti-mutagenic and chemomodulatory potential of Chlorophytumborivilianum were evaluated. Chlorophytum borivilianum root extract had no toxic effect up to a dose of 800 mg/kg body ...

Objectives: The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the test performance of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) by a physician and nurse so as to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of ...

Apoptosis represents a crucial process in modulating organ development in the embryo, in organ homeostasis in the adult, and in fostering appropriate immunological function. Caspases represent two central class of molecules ...

In Japan, the number of patients that have been treated with radiotherapy (RT), particularly those withbreast cancer, has increased in the past decade, and is expected to double in the next decade. There is, however, ...

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and social determinants of waterpipe (WP)smoking among secondary school students in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia and to assess their health related knowledgeand ...

A large proportion of women present with advanced breast cancer in the developing countries with limitedresources. Many of these patients have ulcerated, bleeding lesions or visually obvious masses in the breast.Neoadjuvant ...

Background: Tumor angiogenesis has been demonstrated in several kinds of neoplasms. There is evidence that mast cells can produce many different chemical mediators with angiogenic properties. Since their specific ...

In medical care systems for cancer, it is important to consider the issues of standardization and centralization.In this study, we employed the Nagasaki Cancer Registry, which has a high registry rate, to investigatestan ...

Objective: Around 15-28% of hydatidiform mole patients suffer from malignant degeneration followingevacuation. Since retinoic acid can control cell proliferation and stimulate apoptosis, vitamin A could be ...