Many of the anti-cancer agents currently used have an origin in natural sources including plants. Aloe vera isone such plant being studied extensively for its diverse health benefits, including cancer prevention. In this ...

Background: Repeating a prior chemotherapy (rechallenge therapy) is an option for selected patients withmetastatic colorectal cancer, but there is very little evidence in the literature for this approach. Thus, we ...

Background: Isorhamnetin (Iso), a novel and essential monomer derived from total flavones of Hippophaerhamnoides that has long been used as a traditional Chinese medicine for angina pectoris and acute myocardialinfarction, ...

Background: Cancer is an unnatural type of tissue growth in which the cells exhibit unrestrained division,leading to a progressive increase in the number of dividing cells. It is now the second largest cause of death ...

Background: More than 1 million cancer survivors reside in Korea. We here investigated activity limitationsof cancer survivors compared to controls without a history of cancer. Materials and Methods: ...

Background: Associations between ABO blood groups and risk of several malignancies have been reported,although there are limited data regarding hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was toinvestigate ...

The epidermal growth factor (EGF) may play a pathological role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).However, the conclusions of published reports on the relationship between the EGF 61*A/G polymorphism andHCC risk remain ...

Prostate cancer, with a lifetime prevalence of one in six men, is the second cause of malignancy-related deathand the most prevalent cancer in men in many countries. Nowadays, prostate cancer diagnosis is often basedon the ...

Scorpion venom peptides recently have attracted attention as alternative chemotherapeutic agents thatmay overcome the limitations of current drugs, providing specific cytotoxicity for cancer cells with an abilityto bypass ...

Background: The phenomenon of occult carcinoma maybe observed in patients with clinically unilateralpapillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Although many studies have reported that the BRAFT1799A mutation isassociated ...

Background: Distance from anal verge and abdominoperineal resection are risk factors for circumferentialresection margin (CRM) positivity in rectal cancer. Induction chemotherapy (IC) before concurrentchemoradiation ...

Combinations of multiple biomarkers representing distinct aspects of metastasis may have better prognosticvalue for breast cancer patients, especially those in late stages. In this study, we evaluated the protein levels ...

Background: Nestin is associated with neoplastic transformation. However, the mechanisms by which nestincontributes regarding invasion and malignancy of gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) remain unknown. Recentstudies ...

Background: To examine the expression of cysteine-rich 61 (Cyr61/CCN1) protein in laryngeal squamouscellcarcinoma (LSCC) tissues, and its relationship with the tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT),invasion, ...

The diagnostic value of membrane glycolipid biochemistry index, the lipid-bound sialic acid (LSA) and totalsialic acid (TSA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was evaluated in 30 intracranial and 65 gastrointestinal tumors.The ...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of autophagy related gene Beclin1 at differentlevels of expression on the sensitivity of cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells (SKOV3/DDP) to differentchemotherapeutics. ...

Chondrosarcoma, the second most common type of bone malignancy, is characterized by distant metastasisand local invasion. Previous studies have shown that treatment by pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) hasbeneficial ...

Purpose: To investigate the effects of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), cytokeratin 19 (CK19),cytokeratin 20 (CK20) and survinin gene expression on local control (LC) and overall survival (OS) in patientswith locally ...

Background: This study was conducted with the aim of determining how students’ perceived smoking-cancerrelationship and cardiovascular health attitudes affect childrens’ views of smoking. Materials and Methods: ...

Background: Stomach cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancerrelateddeath through the world. It is predicted that the number of new cancer cases will be more than 15million cases ...