Objective: The tumor suppressor gene, Ras-association domain family (RASSF)2A, is inactivated bypromoter hypermethylation in many cancers. The current study was performed to evaluate the methylationstatus of ...

Introduction: Although most prostate cancers initially respond to castration with luteinizing hormonereleasinganalogues or bilateral orchiectomy, progression eventually occurs. Based on the exciting results ...

Background: Evidence for associations between dietary factors and breast cancer risk is inconclusive amongChinese females. To evaluate this question, we conducted a systematic review of relevant case-control and ...

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate any associations between benign prostate hyperplasia(BPH) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the VDR gene (FokI, BsmI, ApaI and TaqαI loci) and theCYP17 ...

Background: Previous studies on the association of oral contraceptives (OC) use and lung cancer generatedinconsistent findings. The aim of this study was to confirm any definite correlation between OC use and ...

Background: Cancer is a major public health problem both in our country and worldwide due to its diseaseburden, fatality and tendency for increased incidence. In Turkey, breast cancer ranks first with an incidence ...

Background: To avoid performing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for non-sentinel lymph node(SLN)-negative patients with-SLN positive axilla, nomograms for predicting the status have been developed inmany ...

Background: Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a new non-invasive, mobile screening method whichdoes not use ionizing radiation to the human breast; allows conducting quantitative assessment of the imagesbesides ...

Breast tubular adenomas are rare benign breast tumors and detailed descriptions of their sonographicappearance are necessary for differential diagnosis from fibroadenomas or breast cancers. This study investigatedtwenty-one ...

Cinobufacin is used clinically to treat patients with many solid malignant tumors. However, the mechanismsunderlying action remain to be detailed. Our study focused on miRNAs involved in cinobufacin inhibition of GCcell ...

This research was conducted to compare differences in colon cancer lymphatic vessel invasion (LVI) withD2-40 antibody labeling and regular HE staining, blood vessel invasion (BVI) with CD34 antibody labeling andHE staining ...

Background: To correlate breast cancer subtypes with prognostic factors, microvessel density (MVD),vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression and clinical features. Materials and Methods: ...

Background: Differences in clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer (GC) between young and olderpatients are controversial and a matter of debate. Determining the statistical significance of ...

Background: The association of colorectal cancer with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a controversial issuein cancer research. This study aimed to identify the HCMV virus in colorectal cancer tissues and to ...

Purpose: To define factors that affect the performance status of BSE and confidence of student nurses.Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the academic year 2010-2011 in a nursing ...

Background: Given that there are many Iranian women who have never had a Pap smear, this study wasdesigned to develop and validate a measurement tool based on the Protection Motivation Theory to assessfactors ...

Background: Urological cancers represent a major public problem associated with high mortality andmorbidity. The pattern of these cancers varies markedly according to era, region and ethnic groups, butincreasing ...

Wnt is a powerful signaling pathway that plays a crucial role in cell fate determination, survival, proliferationand motility during development, in adult tissues and cancer. The aims of the present study were three fold: ...

Aims and Background: Ginsenoside Rh2, which exerts the potent anticancer action both in vitro and in vivo,is one of the most well characterized ginsenosides extracted from ginseng. Although its effects on cancer ...

Background: Even though many studies have examined the possible effect of low-fat diet on breast cancersurvival, the relationship remains unclear. Objectives: To summarize the current evidence about the ...