Complex symptoms often make it difficult to choose optimized strategies suitable for gastric patients.Therefore, molecular markers are needed to assist doctor’s diagnoses. In this study, to determine if themRNA levels of ...

Objective: To determine and compare the prognostic value of PSA density, PSA velocity and free/total PSAratio in predicting adverse pathological findings after radical prostatectomy. Materials: We analyzed the ...

Objectives: To investigate the prognostic implications of p53 expression in the surgical margins of laryngealsquamous cell carcinomas. Methods: Thirty one patients with T3-4N0M0 cancers with ...

Thailand is in the process of developing a national cervical screening program. This study examined p16INK4astaining and HPV prevalence in abnormal cervical samples with atypical squamous cells of undeterminedsignificance ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and the major cause of cancer deaths in women20- 59 years old. The present retrospective study was undertaken to examine survival in all newly diagnosedbreast cancer in ...

The transcription factor, Forkhead Box M1 (FoxM1), has a specific expression pattern during the cell cycle. Italso plays an important role in cellular developmental pathways and in the maintenance of homeostasis betweencell ...

Background: This paper gives a profile of the cancer incidence in Oman for a nine-year period from 1998-2006. Methods: Data from the population-based national cancer registry were consolidated for the ...

The study aimed to evaluate the curative effects and toxicity of different paclitaxel (PTX) plus poldinechemotherapeutic combination methods for treatment of advanced ovarian carcinoma. A total of 27 patients withovarian ...

Background and Objectives: Preventable cancers like cancers of cervix, breast and oral cavity claim more than 142,500 lives of Indian women annually. Mobile cancer screening may help in early detection and ...

Background: Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers afflicting men today. Prostate biopsy, aninvasive procedure is generally used for diagnoses but attempts are being made to find accurate and precise ...

Background: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the third most common cancer among men in Peninsular Malaysia.However, no information is available about the prognostic factors. The objective of this study was to identifyfactors ...

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of a combination of 5-Fu, pirarubicin and CTX (FPC) withFEC as a postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Methods: A total of 655 breast ...

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer amongst women, in Iran comprising 21.4% of femalecancers. There are several screening modalities for breast cancer including breast self-examination, clinicalbreast examination ...

Bladder cancer is the 9th most common cancer and is responsible for malignancy related death all on the world.Folate and folate related enzyme polymorphisms related to the cancer risk. The methylene tethrahydrofolatereductase ...

HER-2/neu has been found to be amplified or overexpressed in about 20-30% of breast cancers, in associationwith negative prognosticators and shortened survival. Determination of HER-2/neu status in breast-cancerpatients, ...

Objective: Because benign and malignant cervical and ovarian masses occur with different percentagesin different age groups,the importance of primary diagnosis and selection of a suitable surgical procedure ...

Objective: Since 2000, thyroid cancer has been increasing most rapidly in Korea. Although the cause of theincrease is not clear, thyroid cancer screening could be identified as one of its causes. The purpose ...

Objective: This descriptive-cross sectional study was conducted in order to determine the smoking status ofnursing students and factors affecting their behavior. Methods: Subjects were 220 students ...

Aim: The aim of the present study is to investigate the perceived inhibiting and facilitating factors concerningbreast cancer early diagnosis behavior in women over age 40. Method: A qualitative focus group ...

Background & Objectives: Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide and is the most common type of cancer in Iran. The objective of this paper is to apply the additive hazards models ...