Background: The participation of women in cervical cancer screening in Malaysia is low. Self-sampling mightbe able to overcome this problem.The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of self-sampling for ...

Background: Ovarian cancer is recognized as the fourth leading cancer in Malaysia. However, women do notalways seek help in a timely manner and gaps in awareness may influence screening uptake and presentation. ...

Background: Chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL) is not an uncommon hematological malignancy whichprimarily affects elderly individuals. It is more common in developed world than in developing countries. Therational of ...

Background: North East India has a high prevalence of tobacco consumption, but only few individualsseekhelp for tobacco cessation. Impact of community based tobacco cessation intervention in this part needs moreresearch. ...

Background: We aimed to investigate whether the tumor free distance (the distance between the uterineserosa and the tumor at its deepest point) is useful in surgical staging and in predicting prognosis. Materialsand ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. In this study, we investigated immune responses of cytotoxicT lymphocytes (CTLs) against TRAMP-C2 prostate cancer cells after activation by dendritic cells (DCs) loadedwith ...

Aloe vera gel exhibits protective effects against insulin resistance as well as lipid-lowering and anti-diabeticeffects. The anti-diabetic compounds in this gel were identified as Aloe-sterols. Aloe vera gel extract ...

Background: : A number of association studies have been carried out to investigate the relationship betweengenetic polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and response to radiotherapy-based multimodality treatment ofpatients ...

Background: This study was planned as comparative and descriptive in order to measure and evaluatethe knowledge and attitudes regarding early diagnosis of women with and without a family history of cervicalcancer. ...

Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) refers to the unique ability of highly aggressive tumor cells to mimic the pattern ofembryonic vasculogenesis, which was associated with invasion and metastasis. The grape seed proanthocyanidins(GSPs) ...

Background: Once limited with face-to face courses, health education has now moved into the web environmentafter new developments in information technology This study was carried out in order to give training to ...

Aim: To establish a pancreatic cancer stem cell model using human pancreatic cancer cells in nude mice toprovide a platform for pancreatic cancer stem cell research. Materials and Methods: To establish ...

Background: Studies indicate the immediate early response gene 3 (IER3) is involved in many biologicalprocesses. Recently, it was discovered that IER3 plays an important role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression.Thus ...

Background: In the absence of routine screening program for cervical cancer in Iran and high rate of diagnosedcancer in its advanced stage, recognition of sociodemographic factors related to delayed diagnosis of ...

Fibulin-5 has recently been considered as a potential tumor suppressor in human cancers. Several studieshave shown that it is down-regulated in a variety of tumor types and inhibits tumor growth and metastasis. Thisstudy ...

Background: Incorporation of molecular analysis of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene intoroutine clinical practice has shown great promise to provide personalized therapy of the non-small cell lungcancer ...

Background: Male and female breast cancers were investigated for variation in the clinicopathologiccharacteristics and expression of steroid hormone receptors in the northeast of Iran. Materials and Method ...

Background: Utilizing geriatric screening tools for the identification of vulnerable older patients with canceris important. The aim of this study is to evaluate the hospitalization risk of elderly hematologic cancer ...

Our aims were to evaluate the clinical performance of human telomerase RNA gene component (hTERCgene) amplification assay with high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) DNA test of Hybrid Capture 2 DNAtest (HC2), for the ...

Background: Gastric cancer as one of the most important diseases affecting health in all worldwide. Currentstudies have confirmed associations of cytokine gene polymorphisms with the risk of gastric cancer development.The ...