Volume 8, Issue 3
مرور بر اساس
ارسال های اخیر
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Cooperation Partners in Information Sharing within the Context of an Asian Cancer Network
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)It would be a great mistake to analyze the health situation in Asia relying on the focus on individualisminherent in the sense of values of Europeans and Americans. Cooperation across fields is indispensable foreffective ...
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Use of Lay Health Workers in a Community-Based Chronic Disease Control Program
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in the developing world, and in particular diabetes,cancer and circulatory diseases, is an unfortunate fact of life. At the same time infection-related diseases, ...
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Cancer Registration in Pakistan : Contemporary State of Affairs
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)An estimated 7.6 million mortalities were attributed to cancers in 2005 across the globe, and the figures keepmounting. The existing prevalence rate for all reportable cancers is at 25 million, projected to ascend to ...
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Are There any Real Helicobacter pylori Infection-negative Gastric Cancers in Asia ?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)The great variability in gastric cancer rates across Asia, with very high incidences in Japan and Korea, andexceedingly low incidences in ethnic Malays, whether in Malaysia or Indonesia, appears largely due to variationin ...
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The Risk Factors of Prostate Cancer: A Multicentric Case-Control Study in Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Prostate cancer (PC), in Iran, is the third most frequently diagnosed visceral cancer among men and theseventh most common underlying cause of cancer mortality. We evaluated the relation between speculatedfactors and PC ...
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Association of CYP1A1, CYP1A2, GSTM1 and NAT2 Gene Polymorphisms with Colorectal Cancer Risk and Smoking
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)We investigated CYP1A1*2A, CYP1A1*2C, CYP1A2*1C, CYP1A2*1F, GSTM1 and NAT2 genepolymorphisms, involving enzymes which metabolize many carcinogens, with reference to colorectal cancerrisk. The distribution of these genotypes ...
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Study of the Interaction Surface for the c-Src – Imatinib Complex by a Molecular Dicing Technique
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)With the beginning of the new millennium, a new and exciting era for cancer therapy has begun with theappearance of molecular targeted drugs. Imatinib is a clinically well-tolerated small molecule that exerts selective,dual ...
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Cancer Cachexia: Pathophysiologic Aspects and Treatment Options
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Cancer cachexia is a syndrome characterized with progressive weight loss and abnormal wasting of fat andmuscle tissue, and affects 40 to 85% of all terminally ill patients, accounting more than 20% of all cancer deaths.Current ...
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Chinese and Vietnamese Adult Male Smokers' Perspectives Regarding Facilitators of Tobacco Cessation Behavior
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Introduction: National surveys show a low prevalence of tobacco cigarette smoking within the Asian American/Pacific Islander population. However, smoking rates loom higher when data is disaggregated by ethnicity ...
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Tobacco Use among Students and School Personnel in India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Background: Tobacco usage is addictive and causative for several diseases and premature death. Concertedefforts by the individual and society are needed for control and for surveillance. The habit is initiated ...
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Risk Factors of Breast Cancer in North of Iran : A Case-Control in Mazandaran Province
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Iranian women. This study aimed to determinerisk factors for breast cancer in the north of Iran. Method: A matched case-control study was ...
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Effect of Homeopathic Medicines on Transplanted Tumors in Mice
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Ultra low doses used in homeopathic medicines are reported to have healing potential for various diseasesbut their action remains controversial. In this study we have investigated the antitumour and antimetastaticactivity ...
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Cancer Incidence in the Middle Eastern Population of California , 1988-2004
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)International statistics suggest lower cancer incidence in the Middle East and Middle Eastern (ME) immigrantsin Europe, Australia, and Canada, but little is known from the United States. This study compares cancer ratesin ...
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Pediatric Brain Tumours at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)The objectives of this study were to determine the epidemiology of brain tumors during infancy and childhoodand to define and segregate childhood brain tumors vis-à-vis their morphological characteristics. The presentstudy ...
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Late Postoperative Voiding Dysfunction in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer Patients Treated with Radical Hysterectomy
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Background: Although effective as a primary treatment for early-stage cervical cancer, radical hysterectomyis associated with significant long-term morbidities, most commonly, voiding dysfunction. Objective: ...
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Comparing Cox Regression and Parametric Models for Survival of Patients with Gastric Carcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Background: Researchers in medical sciences often tend to prefer Cox semi-parametric instead of parametricmodels for survival analysis because of fewer assumptions but under certain circumstances, parametric modelsgive ...
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Physicians in Iran with Regard to Chronic Cancer Pain
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Background and aim: The knowledge and attitudes of health care professionals with regard to pain and itsimpact on the patient are among identified barriers that prevent health care professionals from providingeffective ...
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Appropriate Interval for Repeat Excision in Women Undergoing Prior Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure for Cervical Neoplasia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)The objective of the present study was to evaluate the impact of intervals on complications and pathologicalexamination in women undergoing a repeat loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for cervical neoplasia.During ...
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Lymphovascular Space Invasion as a Prognostic Determinant in Uterine Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical significance of lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI)in patients with uterine cancer in terms of lymph node metastasis, recurrence and survival rate. A total of ...
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Lack of Initiation Activity of 4-oxo-2-hexenal, a Peroxidation Product Generated from ?-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, in an In Vivo Five-Week Liver Assay
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-03-01)Peroxidation products formed from polyunsaturated lipids have DNA damaging potential. 4-oxo-2-hexenal(4-OHE), generated by the oxidation of ω-3 fatty acids, has been demonstrated to be mutagenic in vitro asassessed in the ...
