Volume 4, Issue 4
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Epidemiology of Ocular Malignancies in Karachi
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)The study was conducted with the objective of examining descriptive epidemiological characteristics of malignant ocular tumours in Karachi (1998-2002). The data for two hundred and forty two ocular malignancies registered ...
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The Experiences of Smoking in School Children up to and Including High School Ages and the Current Status of Smoking Habits; a Survey of Male High School Students in Japan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Objective: The burden of tobacco-induced cancer is so heavy that every country should give the highest priority to tobacco control in its fight against cancer. The purpose of the present study was to investigate ...
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Probiotics and Health
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Probiotics are described as live microbial food ingredients that are beneficial to health of the of host, especially by improving intestinal microbial balance. The major consumption of probiotics is in dairy-based foods ...
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Second Regional APOCP Conference - South East Asia Khon Kaen University, 26-28th January, 2004, Thailand 'Customs, Environment and Cancer' Second APOCP General Assembly Conference - Seoul National University, 1st-3rd November, 2004, Korea
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)
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Ethical Issues for Cancer Screening
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)In recent years medical ethics has become an undisputed part of medical studies. Many people believe that modern advances in medical technology - such as the development of dialysis machines, respirators, magnetic resonance ...
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Karyotypic Evolution: Cytogenetics Follow-Up Study In Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Forty seven children affected with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were cytogenetically investigated at diagnosis and all through different stages of the disease (remission and relapse). A clonal karyotypic abnormality ...
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Dietary Protocatechuic Acid During the Progression Phase Exerts Chemopreventive Effects on Chemically Induced Rat Tongue Carcinogenesis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)The modifying effects of dietary administration of protocatechuic acid (PCA) during the progression phase of tongue carcinogenesis initiated with 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4-NQO) were investigated in male F344 rats. For ...
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Childhood Cancer in Thailand: 1995-1997
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)The incidences of childhood cancers in Thailand between 1995 and 1997 were determined from cancer registrations collected at five locations around the kingdom and compared with similar analyses performed at cancer registries ...
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No Association of the Mitochondrial Genotype (Mt5178A/C) with Six Cancers in a Japanese Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)To examine an association between the mitochondrial DNA (mt5178) genotype and various cancers, we genotyped 1120 non-cancer controls and 930 cancer cases including esophageal, stomach, colorectal, lung, breast and malignant ...
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Histologic Subtypes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Southern Thai Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Since there has been no report on histologic subtypes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its significance in the Thai population, the present study was conducted to elucidate the situation through appraisal of histologic ...
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Cervix Cancer in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand, 1985-1999
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)The incidence of cancer of the cervix uteri in Khon Kaen Province is moderately high (age-standardised rate 16.8 per 100 000 person-years), with about a two-fold variation in incidence between different districts. Stage ...
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Surveillance for Endometrial Cancer in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients Taking Tamoxifen
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Objective: To determine the prevalence of endometrial thickening and endometrial pathologies in postmenopausal breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen. Materials and Methods: A total of 37 ...
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Are Cutaneous Melanomas of Specified Thickness Showing Deeper Levels of Invasion at Diagnosis?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Secular trends in Clark level were investigated by Breslow category for 8,432 invasive cutaneous melanomas diagnosed in South Australia in 1980-2000. More recently diagnosed lesions were found to have deeper levels. After ...
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Gastro-intestinal Cancer in Indonesia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Back ground: Report on cancer incidence in Indonesia was presented in relative frequency. To lower the bias, the report has been presented in age standardized cancer ratio (ASCAR). The report was a department of pathology ...
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Herbal Medicine: Current Status and the Future
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)The number of patients seeking alternate and herbal therapy is growing exponentially. Herbal medicines are the synthesis of therapeutic experiences of generations of practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine ...
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Higher Consumption of Green Tea may Enhance Equol Production
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2003-04-01)Background: Our previous case-control study revealed that Japanese living in Japan and Koreans living in Korea can be divided into equol producers who have an ability to metabolize daidzein to equol and non-producers, ...



