This research was aimed at defining the application of breast self-examination (BSE) and its effectiveness.The subjects were 220 women aged 20-60 living at the centre of Cankiri and who consented to participate.Data were ...

CYP3A5 is a member of the CYP3A gene family which metabolizes 50% of therapeutic drugs and steroidhormones. CYP3A5*3 and CYP3A5*6 polymorphisms exhibit inter-individual differences in CYP3A5 expression.The CYP3A5*3 allele ...

Effects of Andrographis paniculata extract and its major component, andrographolide, on cell-mediatedimmune responses in metastatic tumor bearing animals were studied. NK cell mediated target cell lysis wasenhanced by the ...

Background: This study was planned to audit female breast cancers and their chemotherapy in a busypublic sector institution. As a case-study, Pakistan provides an opportunity to explore the issue in a low-GDP,low-literacy, ...

Backgroung: The role of caveolae and the caveolin proteins in cancer has been the subject of extensiveresearch. It has been suggested that caveolin-1 (Cav-1) may contribute to certain steps of carcinogenesis. In thepresent ...

Introduction: Uterine cervix cancer is an important public health problem in Tunisia. In this study, we reporttrends in the incidence of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri in the ...

Objectives: The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the test performance of visual inspectionwith acetic acid (VIA) by a physician and nurse so as to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of ...

Colon cancer is an important gastrointestinal cancer that has increasing prevalence in the present day.Screening for colon cancer is accepted as a method for colon cancer prevention. There are many methods forscreening for ...

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the radioprotective efficacy of L-carnitine (LC) ingrowing bones in comparison to amifostine. Materials and Methods: Sixty two-week-old Wistar albino rats ...

A study was initiated to explore possible differences in handling telomere attrition in the most commonmalignant and benign tumours of the breast in Malaysian women. Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC) andfibroadenoma (FA) ...

Objectives: To conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a lay health workeradministeredcervical cancer screening intervention for Vietnamese-American women. Methods: ...

The disability adjusted life year (DALY) has been employed to quantify the burden of diseases. This measureallows for combining in a single indicator “years of life lived with disabilities (YLD)” and “years of life lost ...

Syzygium cummini extract (SCE) was used in the present study to explore anti-tumor promoting activity ina stomach carcinogenesis model in mice. For this purpose, Swiss albino mice were administered with 1 mg ofbenzo-a-pyrene ...

This study was planned as a descriptive evaluation of School of Health students knowledge and healthy lifestylebehavior related to prevention of cancer. The study has been carried out in Nursing, Midwifery and HealthOfficial ...

The incidence rate of gastric cancer in western countries has shown a remarkable decline in recent yearswhile it is still the most common cancer among men in Iran. Ardabil, a North Western province, was found tohave the ...

Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an important subject threatening public health. There is not a markerfor early detection of this cancer type in practice yet. When studies on this subject were searched, cytokinesshow ...

Helicobacter pylori has been the subject of intense investigation since its culture from a gastric biopsy in 1982.From the beginning, this gram-negative bacterium has provoked the interest of bacteriologists, gastroenter ...

Objective: To inform human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs in the Asian Pacific region byelucidating factors associated with women’s intent to receive the vaccine. Methods: Quantitative ...

Cervical cancer is the commonest cancer among women in Nepal. Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection,a recognized cause of cervical cancer, is very common in sexually active women and HPV vaccination has beenrecommended as ...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial malignancy that is invasive and metastasizes easily. Inseveral Asian countries it is the most commonly found of the head and neck malignancies. Epstein Barr virus(EBV) infection ...