Volume 9, Issue 4
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Establishment of an Asian Cancer Registry Network - Problems and Perspectives
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Cancer registration is the base for our understanding of the burden of neoplastic disease in our populations at thelocal, regional and national levels. Comparability of data is essential for interpretation and this in turn ...
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CT Colonography - Towards Applications for Colorectal Cancer Screening
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the large intestine is globally called computed tomography colonography(CTC). CTC has been intensively investigated for application in colorectal cancer screening in Western countriesand ...
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Information Communication Technology: New Approach for Rural Cancer Care Improvement
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Cancer control aims to reduce the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of cancer and to improve the qualityof life of cancer patients. For rural populations this presents particular problems. This article covers challengesof ...
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Tobacco Control in India: Present Scenario and Challenges Ahead
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Tobacco imposes a colossal burden of disease and death leading to catastrophic health, social, economic andenvironmental effects. Prevalence and practices of tobacco use in India are varied and disparate. Tobaccoconsumption ...
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Clinical Relevance of Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance by the 2001 Bethesda System: Experience from a Cervical Cancer High Incidence Region
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)The aim of this study was to evaluate the underlying lesions and factors predicting cervical intraepithelialneoplasia (CIN) 2+ in women who had “atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance” (ASC-US) oncervical ...
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Unified Modeling Language (UML) for Hospital-based Cancer Registration Processes
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Objective: Hospital-based cancer registry involves complex processing steps that span across multipledepartments. In addition, management techniques and registration procedures differ depending on each ...
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Study of Social Loss or Gain from a Particular Cause: Scope for the Developing Countries - a Review with Reference to Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Incidence rates have long been used to assess the burden of different diseases in a population, whereas lossdue to occurrence of diseases is studied using the death rates. Death rates however, are based on and thereforedescribe, ...
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Utility of Ki-67 and p53 in Distinguishing Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 3 from Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)The differentiation between cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 3 (CIN 3) and early squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) of the cervix may be difficult in certain situations. Identification of invasion beyond the basement membraneis ...
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Expression of Cyclooxygenase- 1 in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Clinicopathological Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Objective: To determine immunohistochemical expression of cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) in epithelial ovariancancer (EOC), and its association with clinical features and prognosis. Methods: EOC patients ...
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Association of Colorectal Carcinoma with Metabolic Diseases; Experience with 138 Cases from Kelantan, Malaysia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Objective: Kelantan in Malaysia has a high prevalence of diabetes and colorectal cancer is also on the rise.This study is to determine the association of metabolic diseases, particularly diabetes type 2 [DM2] ...
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Time Trend in Breast and Cervix Cancer of Women in India, (1990-2003)
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) started a National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP)in the year 1982 with the main objective of generating reliable data on the magnitude and pattern of cancer inIndia. There ...
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Clastogenic Potential of Ruta graveolens Extract and a Homeopathic Preparation in Mouse Bone Marrow Cells
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Ruta graveolens belonging to family Rutaceae has long been traditionally used as a medicinal plant as well asa flavoring agent in food. However, very little data are available on the toxicity of the plant. This report ...
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Symptom Management in Patients with Cancer of the Female Reproductive System Receiving Chemotherapy
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)This study was conducted to examine the feelings, symptom management, and needs of patients withgynecological cancer receiving chemotherapy at Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Duringthe period July ...
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Role of GSTM1 (Present/Null) and GSTP1 (Ile105Val) Polymorphisms in Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia among the South Indian Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy worldwide. The origin ofthis disease may be explained by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Glutathione-s-transferasesare a ...
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Accuracy of Intra-operative Frozen Sections in the Diagnosis of Ovarian Masses
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)The accuracy of frozen section diagnosis in the intraoperative evaluation of ovarian masses is very importantwith regard to surgeon selection of appropriated operating procedures. For evaluation in our institute, therecords ...
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Effects of Socio-economic and Demographic Factors in Delayed Reporting and Late-stage Presentation among Patients with Breast Cancer in a Major Cancer Hospital in South India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Objective: We analyzed the distribution of socio-economic and demographic (SEDs) factors among breastcancer patients and assessed their impact on the stage at diagnosis of the disease and symptom duration. ...
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Clinical Outcome of Iranian Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy versus Primary Debulking Surgery
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and theimpact of interval debulking surgery (IDS) on clinical outcomes of patients with advanced-stage ovarian ...
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Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Urothelial Carcinomas using Urine Samples
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)Urinary cells obtained from voided urine specimens of 46 patients with urothelial carcinomas (UCs) and 10normal individuals were analyzed with 3 different centromeric fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes.The ...
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Effects of Emotional Support-Focused Nursing Interventions on the Psychosocial Adjustment of Breast Cancer Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)The purpose was to examine the effect of emotional support-focused nursing interventions on the psychosocialadjustment of breast cancer patients. The research was conducted in the Radiation Oncology Department ofEge ...
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E-Cadherin Expression Correlates With Histologic Type But Not Tumour Grade in Invasive Breast Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2008-04-01)The traditional classification of infiltrating breast carcinomas into ductal and lobular can be diagnosticallychallenging in a small proportion of cases with equivocal histological features and in in-situ lesions withoverlapping ...
