Volume 8, Issue 4
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Bilateral Male Breast Cancer: Too Many Concerns?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)The male breast cancer accounts for nearly 1% of all breast cancer cases and bilateral involvement occurs inless than 2% of the cases. Estrogen treatment for prostate cancer is a risk factor for primary breast cancer.Bilateral ...
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Intraoperative Frozen Sections for Assessment of Female Cancers
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Frozen sections offer an important and helpful adjunct to intraoperative diagnosis and its use has greatlyimpacted on the care of gynecological oncology patients. Frozen section diagnosis is a reliable method for ...
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A Method in Prevent from Cancer: Peer Education
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Today, cancer is the most common disease in many parts of the world. Choosing a healthy lifestyle andenvironment can help people prevent cancer development and an important aspect is better communication.Peer education ...
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Incidental Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Papillary microcarcinoma (PMC) is a thyroid tumor measuring 10mm or less in maximum diameter andcomprise up to 30% of all papillary thyroid cancers. Most of them are detected incidentally and defined asincidental papillary ...
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Primary Non-Gestational Uterine Cervical Choriocarcinoma with Metaplastic Transformation from Squamous Cells
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Background: Primary non-gestational uterine cervical choriocarcinoma is very unusual and although it hasbeen hypothesized that it can arise by metaplastic transformation of cervical epithelium, solid evidence hasbeen ...
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Antimutagenic Effects of Piperine on Cyclophosphamide-induced Chromosome Aberrations in Rat Bone Marrow Cells
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Piperine is a major pungent substance and active component of black pepper (Piper nigrum Linn.) and longpepper (Piper longum Linn.). Both plants are used worldwide as household spices and condiments. They arealso used as ...
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Primary Gastrointestinal Malignancies in Childhood and Adolescence - the Asian Perspective
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Introduction: Primary gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies are a rarity in childhood and adolescence, withlimited information from Asian populations. This study was conducted with the objective of identifying ...
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Socioeconomic Factors Association with Knowledge and Practice of Breast Self-Examination among Iranian Women
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Background: Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women and is one of the most frequent cancersamong Iranian women. Delay in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer diminishes a women’s chance ofsurvival. ...
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Prediction of Epitopes and Structural Properties of Iranian HPV-16 E6 by Bioinformatics Methods
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)HPV-16 is the HPV most often linked to cervical carcinoma. E6 of the HPV-16 which expressed early incancer cells is a target for immune therapeutic methods. In the present study, after fetching the sequence ofHPV-16 E6 ...
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Inhibition of Lipid Peroxidation and Enhancement of GST Activity by Cardamom and Cinnamon During Chemically Induced Colon Carcinogenesis in Swiss Albino Mice
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Globally, colorectal cancer is the third commonest cancer in men since 1975.The present study focuses on thepreventive strategies aimed at reducing the incidences and mortality of large bowel cancer. Chemoprevention ofcolon ...
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Do TNFA -308 G/A and IL6 -174 G/C Gene Polymorphisms Modulate Risk of Gallbladder Cancer in North Indian Population?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Objectives: Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is highly aggressive neoplasm which arises in the background ofgall stones and inflammation. GBC affects women 2-3 times more frequently than men. Pro-inflammatory TNFAand ...
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Epidemiology of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Iran : 1984-2006
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is the rarest cancer among Iranian. This study was conducted to define the epidemiologyof KS in Iran. The data of National Cancer Registry (NCR) reports from 2003-2006, Tehran Population BasedCancer ...
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Real-Time Quantitative PCR Analysis of Amplified DNA on Chromosomes 4p15.2 and 6q23-24 from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Breast Cancer Tissues
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)This study was performed to detect amplification of DNA sequences on chromosomes 4p15.2 and 6q23-24,obtained from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, breast-cancer tissues. The prognostic relevance of theamplification was ...
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Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer in Northeast Thailand : Lifestyle Related
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Background: The incidence of colorectal cancer is variable around the world. Hiroshima, Japan had thehighest incidence in men in 1997 with an age-standardized rate of 86.7 per 100,000 and New Zealand had thehighest, ...
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Validity and Reproducibility of the PC-assisted Dietary Interview Used in the Fukuoka Colorectal Cancer Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Epidemiologic studies based on quantitative estimation of food and nutrient intake have been limited inJapan. We evaluated validity and reproducibility of a personal computer (PC)-assisted dietary interview usedin the ...
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Association of Lifestyle and Other Risk Factors with Breast Cancer According to Menopausal Status: A case-Control Study in the Region of Western Pomerania ( Poland )
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Purposes: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between family history, reproductive,anthropometric, lifestyle factors and risk of breast cancer according to menopausal status, using data from acase-control ...
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Population-based Cancer Survival in Sites in Viet Nam
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Background: Very few population-based cancer survival studies have been performed in Viet Nam. The aimof the present study was to estimate observed and relative cancer survival rates in populations of Phu Tho,Hanoi ...
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Breast Cancer in Sabah , Malaysia : A Two Year Prospective Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Introduction: Malaysian women have a 1 in 20 chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime. Sabah,formerly known as North Borneo, is part of East Malaysia with a population of 3.39 million and more than ...
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Monitoring and Evaluation of a Model Demonstration Project for the Control of Cervical Cancer in Nakhon Phanom Province , Thailand
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Cancer of the uterine cervix is the second most common cancer in females in the world with about half amillion new patients per year. Since the introduction by Papanicolaou of cervical smear screening, the incidenceof ...
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Validation Study of a Quality of Life (QOL) Questionnaire for Use in Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-04-01)Introduction: Recently, it has been recognized that a more comprehensive assessment of the cancer patient isnecessary and that the evaluation of outcomes must move beyond traditional biomedical endpoints to ...
