Chemoprevention is an important strategy to control the process of carcinogenesis. The potential of usingmedicinal herbs as cancer chemopreventive nutraceuticals and functional food is promising. Thus, there is aneed for ...

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 ...

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the world. Despite a decline of up to70% in its incidence and prevalence through screening programs, it is still the most common gynecologicalcancer worldwide. ...

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 ...

Central Asia, the Urals, Siberia and Mongolia cover an immense section of Asia and although relativelysparsely populated the total inhabitants number well in excess of 100 million. Furthermore, there is an increasingtendency ...

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 ...

Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) has an aggressive histology. Our aim was to evaluate the progressionfree survival (PFS) of OCCC patients compared to other epithelial histology patients when treated with surgeryfollowed ...

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 ...

Objective: This cross-sectional and descriptive study analysed complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) practices of patients with cancer diagnoses and influencing factors. Methods: The subjects ...

Curcumin [1, 7-bis (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1, 6 heptadiene-3, 5-dione] is an orange-yellow componentof turmeric (Curcuma longa), a spice often found in curry powder. It is known to have a variety of biologic andpharmacologic ...

Background: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity is related to the development and progression of cervicalcancer. Previous studies have shown that COX-2 expression in early stage (stage IB-IIA) cervical squamous ...

The major environmental risk factors for cancer are carcinogen and co-carcinogen exposure in tobacco,insufficient exercise and above all an unhealthy diet. What we eat or do not eat is exceedingly important indetermining ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a growing health issue in Canada, especially given that populationgrowth is now largely the result of immigration. Immigrants from countries with high HBV prevalence and lowlevels ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background: Cancer patients frequently experience malnutrition and this is an important factor in impairedquality of life. Objective: This cross-sectional study examined the association between global ...