Background: The 2518 A/G polymorphism in the MCP-1 gene has been extensively studied for associationswith cancer; however, results from replication studies have been inconsistent. The aim of this investigationwas ...

Background: Breast cancer is a common cancer worldwide. With the establishment of Thailand’s populationbasedcancer registry and availability of complete data from 2002-2011, it is of interest to investigate ...

Aim: Pendulous monkshood root is traditionally used for the treatment of several inflammatory pathologiessuch as rheumatisms, wounds, pain and tumors in China. In this study, the anti-inflammatory and anticanceractivities ...

Background: Proteases play a regulatory role in a variety of pathologies including cancer, pancreatitis,thromboembolic disorders, viral infections and many others. One of the possible strategies to combat thesepathologies ...

Background: X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) plays a key role in the base excision repairpathway, as a scaffold protein that brings together proteins of the DNA repair complex. XRCC1 is reported tobe ...

Background: Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant disease amongst young women. If we reviewlocal data in Pakistan then breast cancer represents approximately a third of all cancers in females. The agestandardized ...

Background: Cancer is a major health problem facing the entire world, and Jordan is no exception. However,patterns of cancer incidence and cancer burden in Jordan have never been explored thoroughly, and the aim ...

Background: Effects of whole cell type immunization on mice Ehrlich tumours were evaluated. Materialsand Methods: After preliminary study, mice were divided two major groups; 1x1000 and 100x1000 live ...

Background: Assessment of the nursing staff knowledge, attitude and practices about cervical cancer screeningin a tertiary care teaching institute of rural India. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional, ...

Along with rapid economic growth and enhanced agricultural productivity, particulate matter emissions inthe northern cities of Thailand have been increasing for the past two decades. This trend is expected to continuein ...

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify clinical predictive factors for tumor response afterneoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Methods: All ...

Background: To assess the efficacy and tolerability of Cisplatin plus Gemcitabine combination in patientswith brain metastases (BM) from breast cancer (BC). Materials and Methods: Eighteen BC patients ...

Aims: To determine the clinical, pathological and prognostic features associated with triple-negative breastcancer (TNBC). Methods: Clinical and histologic data of 21,749 breast cancer patients who were treated ...

Faithful transmission of genetic information depends on accurate chromosome segregation as cells exit frommitosis, and errors in chromosomal segregation are catastrophic and may lead to aneuploidy which is the hallmarkof ...

Background: Telomerase has been considered as an attractive molecular target for breast cancer therapy. Themain objective of this work is to assess the inhibitory effects of silibinin and curcumin, two herbal ...

We aimed to investigate bladder cancer risk with reference to polymorphic variants of cytochrome p450 (CYP)1A1, CYP1B1, glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1, and GSTT1 genes in a case control study. Polymorphismswere examined ...

Background: The Saudi population has experienced a sharp increase in colorectal and gastric cancer incidenceswithin the last few years. The relationship between gene polymorphisms of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymesand ...

Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT for detection of bone metastasis in comparisonwith the efficacies of 18F-FDG PET/CT, CT, 18F-FDG PET and conventional planar bone scintigraphy in a seriesof cancer ...

The role of protease-activated receptors (PARs) in lung tumors is controversial. Although PAR4 ispreferentially expressed in human lung tissues, its possible significance in lung cancer has not been defined. Thestudies ...

Extract of Lentinula edodes mycelia (LEM) is currently utilized as an oral biological response modifier (BRM)medicine for cancer patients. However, its effectiveness for breast cancer patients with postoperative adjuvanthormone ...