Volume 14, Issue 3
مرور بر اساس
ارسال های اخیر
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Evidence for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)Recommendations Against Routine Mammography for Femalesbetween 40-49 Years of Age
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females, worldwide, accounting for 22.9% of all cancers(excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) in females. Mammography is a sensitive (77-95%) and specific (94-97%)screening method ...
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Salvage Chemotherapy in Recurrent Platinum-Resistantor Refractory Epithelial Ovarian Cancer with Carboplatinand Distearoylphosphatidylcholine Pegylated LiposomalDoxorubicin (Lipo-Dox®)
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of distearoylphosphatidylcholine pegylated liposomaldoxorubicin (DPLD) combined with carboplatin for the treatment of platinum resistant or refractory ...
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Adapting the Australian System: Is an Organised ScreeningProgram Feasible in Malaysia? – An Overview of the CervicalCancer Screening in Both Countries
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Cervical cancer is the third most common form of cancer that strikes Malaysian women. The National CancerRegistry in 2006 and 2007 reported that the age standardized incidence (ASR) of cervical cancer was 12.2 and7.8 per ...
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Agreement of Iranian Breast Cancer Data and Relationshipswith Measuring Quality of Care in a 5-year Period (2006-2011)
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Objectives: To investigate data agreement of cancer registries and medical records as well as the quality ofcare and assess their relationship in a 5-year period from 2006 to 2011. Me ...
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Validity and Necessity of Sub-classification of N3 in the 7thUICC TNM Stage of Gastric Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: The 7th TNM staging is the first authoritative standard for evaluation of effectiveness oftreatment of gastric cancer worldwide. However, revision of pN classification within TNM needs to be ...
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Prognostic and Predictive Value of Hematologic Parameters inPatients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Second LineSunitinib Treatment Following IFN-alpha
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: Long-term survival is a problem with locally advanced and metastatic renal cell carcinomas.Sunitinib malate is an oral multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, but data on sunitinib use as a ...
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Assessment of Cervical Cancer Risk in Women between 15 and49 Years of Age: Case of Izmir
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: The aim of the study was to determine risk factors for cervical cancer for women in Izmir.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive field covered a population of 4319 women of reproductive ...
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Expression of MiR200a, miR93, Metastasis-related GeneRECK and MMP2/MMP9 in Human Cervical Carcinoma -Relationship with Prognosis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Aim and Background: Cervical cancer remains the third most common cancer in women globally afterbreast and colorectal cancer. Well-characterized biomarkers are necessary for early diagnosis and to ...
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Inhibition of Proliferation of Cervical and Leukemic CancerCells by Penicillin G
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Cancer, despite all the efforts, still causes one in five deaths worldwide. Surgery, chemotherapy andradiotherapy provide inadequate protection and instead affect normal cells along with cancer cells. The searchfor cancer ...
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Statistical Modelling and Forecasting of Cervix Cancer Casesin Radiation Oncology Treatment: A Hospital Based Studyfrom Western Nepal
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: To estimate the numbers and trends in cervix cancer cases visiting the Radiotherapy Departmentat Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal, statistical modelling from retrospective data was ...
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Mortality from Stomach Cancer in Serbia, Excluding theProvince of Kosovo, in the 1991-2009 Period
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background/Aim: Stomach cancer is the second most common cause of death from all malignant tumors in theworld (third in men, fifth in women), with a strong decreasing trend in most developed countries. The aim of thisdescriptive ...
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Does Hopelessness of Turkish Women Affect their BehaviorRegarding Cervical Cancer Prevention and Early Diagnosis?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate attitudes women of towards cervicalcancer prevention applications and early diagnosis, and whether or not their hopelessness levels had ...
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Analysis of the Relationships between Esophageal CancerCases and Climatic Factors Using a Geographic InformationSystem (GIS): a Case Study of Ardabil province in Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Esophageal cancer is a mjaor health problems in many parts of the world. A geographical information system(GIS) allows investigation of the geographical distribution of diseases. The purpose of the present study wasto ...
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Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors A and C inPatients undergoing Prostatic Biopsy and TURP for SuspectedProstatic Neoplasia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: Formation of new blood vessels is necessary for the development and spread of neoplasms morethan 1 mm3 in volume, angiogenesis being responsible for formation of new from pre-existing blood ...
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Orphan Nuclear Receptor Nurr1 as a Potential Novel Markerfor Progression in Human Prostate Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)A number of studies have indicated that Nurr1, which belongs to a novel class of orphan nuclear receptors(the NR4A family), is important for carcinogenesis. Here we investigated expression of Nurr1 protein in benignand ...
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The XRCC1 Arg280His Gene Polymorphism and HepatocellularCarcinoma Risk: A Meta-analysis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Many studies have suggested that the XRCC1 Arg280His gene polymorphism might be involved in thedevelopment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the results have been inconsistent. In this study, theauthors performed ...
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the NER Pathway andClinical Outcome of Patients with Bone Malignant Tumor
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)The effects of polymorphisms in ERCC5, ERCC6, XPC, CCNH and MMS19L on osteosarcoma response tochemotherapy and the survival of the affected patients were assessed. Genotyping of ERCC5, ERCC6, XPC,CCNH and MMS19L was performed ...
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Older Women Breast Cancer Survivors: Decision Making,Sources of Information and Wellness Activities in Malaysia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)The purpose of this study щаs to profile older breast cancer survivors in Malaysia. In a survey study, а custommade questionnaire was administered to 69 breast cancer patients and survivors between 60 and 84 years ofage ...
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Potential Predictors of Sensitivity to Pemetrexed as First-lineChemotherapy for Patients with Advanced Non-SquamousNSCLCs
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Background: Pemetrexed (PEM) is effective in first-line treatment for patients with non-squamous non-smallcell lung cancer (NSCLC). However there are currently no definitive determinants to certify which ...
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hMSH2 and nm23 Expression in Sporadic Colorectal Cancerand its Clinical Significance
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2013-03-01)Objective: To study the expression of the mismatch repair proteins hMSH2 and nm23 in sporadic colorectalcancer, determine any inter-relationship, and further investigate any clinical significance. ...
