Volume 10, Issue 6
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ارسال های اخیر
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Identification of a Hepatitis B Virus Core Promoter Mutant by PCR- RFLP in Patients Suffering from Chronic Liver Disease, Uttar Pradesh, India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objective: The present study was designed to identify a core promotor mutation in the HBV genome inpatients suffering from HBV related chronic liver disease. Materials and Methods: 154 chronic liver ...
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Effects of Amino Acid Substitution Polymorphisms of two DNA Methyltransferases on Susceptibility to Sporadic Colorectal Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Background and Aim: The present study was designed to consider whether amino acid substitutionpolymorphisms in O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) and DNA methyl transferase 1 (DNMT1)genes may be associated with ...
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Lack of Effects of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the DNA Methyltransferase 1 Gene on Gastric Cancer in Iranian Patients: A Case Control Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Background: Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in Iran. Hypomethylation and/orhypermethylation of DNA has been described in gastric cancer and is presumed to be an early event incarcinogeneisis. ...
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Colostomy Irrigation: An Important Issue for Muslim Individuals
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Colostomy irrigation (CI) is a bowel management method in individuals with permanent colostomy, as analternative to pouch use, which may provide continence. CI helps the individuals with an artificial stoma toadjust to the ...
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Prevalence of Tobacco Use and Tobacco-dependent Cancers in Males in the Rural Cancer Registry Population at Barshi, India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Background: In the Rural Cancer Registry at Barshi (western Maharashtra, India), it has been found thatthe incidence of cancer is relatively low. Aim: To explain the low incidence of tobacco related cancers in maleson ...
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Weekly Paclitaxel/ Docetaxel Combined with a Platinum in the Treatment of Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: a Study on Efficacy, Safety and Pre-medication
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a weekly taxane schedule in the treatment of advanced nonsmall cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) and to generate anoptimal pre-medication protocol for weekly taxane. ...
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Pre-treatment Hemoglobin Levels are Important for Bladder Carcinoma Patients with Extravesical Extension undergoing Definitive Radiotherapy
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Purpose: To evaluate prognostic factors affecting local control (LC), distant metastases-free survival (DMFS)and overall survival (OS) in bladder carcinoma patients undergoing extravesical extension. Patients and ...
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Significance of Alanine Aminotransferase Testing in Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic HBV Infection
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Hepatitis B is a major public health problem world wide; more than 350 million people have chronic infection.Diagnosis of hepatitis is made by biochemical assessment of liver function. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aliver ...
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Histopathological Findings for Cervical Lesions in Malaysian Women
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the histopathological features and cell morphologyof various cervical lesions observed among Malaysian women. Methodology: A retrospective study was ...
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Clinical Evaluation of Parapelvic Renal Cysts: Do These Represent Latent Urological Malignant Disease?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Purpose: The parapelvic renal cyst is a relatively common finding on routine urological examination, butonly rarely needs treatment. We here examined all parapelvic renal cyst patients who consulted our Departmentbetween ...
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Chemoprevention of 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine-Induced Colon Carcinogenesis by a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug, Etoricoxib, in Rats: Inhibition of Nuclear Factor kB
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Etoricoxib, a highly selective cyclooxygenase- 2 (COX-2) inhibitor (a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug)used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, has been newly marketed and studied for ...
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Influence of Matrix Metalloproteinase Gene Polymorphisms in Healthy North Indians Compared to Variations in other Ethnic Groups Worldwide
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Matrix metalloproteinases have a range of biological functions, including the liberation of cytokines andmembrane-bound receptors, with roles in promotion of tumor invasion and angiogenesis. Several polymorphismsin MMPs ...
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Induction of Apoptosis in the Human Leukemic U937 Cell Line by Kaempferia parviflora Wall.ex.Baker Extract and Effects of Paclitaxel and Camptothecin
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Kaempferia parviflora Wall.ex.Baker is a Thai medicinal herb that has high antioxidant and anti-inflammatoryactivities. Apoptotic effects of the herbal extract alone and in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs, paclitaxeland ...
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Oral Cancer Presentation Among Malay Patients in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics of oral cancer among Malay patientsin Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Kelantan. Methods: A retrospective record ...
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Histopathological Patterns of Female Breast Lesions at a Secondary Level Care in Saudi Arabia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize the histopathological patterns of female breastlesions encountered at a secondary level of care centre in Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia, with special emphasis ...
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Impact of a Health Education Intervention Program Regarding Breast Self Examination by Women in a Semi-Urban Area of Madhya Pradesh, India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Background: Breast cancer is the most common carcinoma in the world and the second most prevalent inIndian females. Over 0.7 million new cases of carcinoma breast are detected every year globally, with nearly ...
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Breast Carcinoma in Young Women Aged 30 or Less in Northern Pakistan - the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Experience
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objective: The study was carried out to document the occurrence of early onset breast cancer in our populationand to assess prognostic variables. Methods: Records of a total of 1,644 female patients ...
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Screening and Perceived Severity of Cervical Cancer among Women Attending Mahalapye District Hospital, Botswana
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Objectives: The objectives of the study were to describe women’s perceived severity to cervical cancer andits associations with socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study ...
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Sida rhombifolia ssp. retusa Seed Extract Inhibits DEN Induced Murine Hepatic Preneoplasia and Carbon Tetrachloride Hepatotoxicity
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Sida rhombifolia ssp. retusa is a well established drug in the Ayurvedic system of medicine used forantirheumatism and antiasthmatism. Inhibitory effects of S. rhombifolia ssp. retusa seed extract on DEN inducedhepatocellular ...
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Eight Year Survival among Breast Cancer Malaysian Women from University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2009-06-01)Survival after diagnosis of cancer is one of the major outcome measurements and a key criterion for assessingquality of cancer control related to both the preventive and the therapeutic level. The purpose of this study ...
