Background: Chinese American men have relatively high smoking rates. However, there are limited data aboutthe tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of this racial/ethnic group. Methods: We ...

An extract of Ruta graveolens was found to be cytotoxic to Dalton’s lymphoma ascites (DLA), Ehrlich ascitescarcinoma (EAC) and L929 cells in culture (IC100 = 16mg/ml) and also to increase the lifespan of tumour bearinganimals. ...

Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a scoring system for distinguishing between benign andmalignant adnexal masses and to detect threshold scores for prediction of malignant ovarian tumors. ...

Viet Nam had the highest reported male smoking prevalence rate (72.8-74.3%) in the world in the 1990s. Productionof tobacco products was about 0.44 kg or 600 cigarettes per capita per year in 1994 for domestic use. ...

Objective: To determine the pattern of childhood cancer in northern Pakistan. Design: A descriptive study. Placeand Duration: January 1992 to December 2001 at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, ...

Purpose: Molecular genetic diagnostics for retinoblastoma are prerequisite for accurate risk prediction and effectivemanagement. Developing a retinoblastoma diagnostic model to establish a flow for laboratory tests is thus ...

This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence and severity of residual lesions in women featuring highgradesquamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) histology with endocervical cone margin involvement after the ...

In this paper an attempt has been made to study the geographic variations in cancer incidence and its pattern inUrban Maharashtra. Data collected by Mumbai, Poona, Nagpur, and Aurangabad, Population based CancerRegistries, ...

Cytogenetic analysis performed at diagnosis is considered to be the most valuable prognostic factor in acute nonlymphocyticleukemia (ANLL), a very heterogeneous disease. Little data exist in Iran regarding the cytogeneti ...

District Dir is a part of North-West frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan with poor health, education andsocioeconomic and other facilities. Data regarding occupational cancer were here collected from cancer registry ...

Data on incidence, prevalence, and disease specific mortality are frequently incomplete, not very reliable or arelacking in many countries particularly in Asia and Africa. In the absence of dependable data from the Civil ...

Introduction: As many as 30% of node-negative breast cancer patients relapse within five years, suggesting thatcurrent histological detection methods are inadequate for identifying metastatic disease. Detecting ...

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a malignant neoplasm of hematopoietic cells characterized by abnormalproliferation of myeloid precursors, decreased rates of self destruction and an arrest in cellular differentiation. ...

Background: In Japan, the westernization of lifestyle, especially dietary habits, has progressed remarkably since1950 and is presumably directly related to the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). The ...

In Thailand, liver cancer is the most common malignancy in males and the third most common among females. Inthe Northeast region, cholangiocarcinoma (CHCA) is the prevalent type, with Opisthorchis viverrini (OV), an ...

The Iranian population includes several ethnic groups scattered throughout Iran, which differ with regard totheir rates for cancer. An infamous ‘Asian esophageal cancer belt’ stretches to the east from the Caspian littoral ...

Objective:The aim of this study was to determine most significant prognostic factor for overall survival of invasiveduct operable breast cancer from clinical stage, pathological stage, epidemiological, anatomic ...

Prostate cancer is the most common urologic malignancy, involving multiple factors. There is evidence that suggeststhat detoxification enzymes and growth factors may play a role in its development . The glutathione ...

Chromium, a widely recognized carcinogenic, mutagenic and redox active metal, is released into aquaticenvironments by electroplating, tannery and textile industries. Elevated concentrations in sediments and interstitialwaters ...