Volume 13, Issue 8
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Cancer Registration in the Peoples Republic of China
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)The current situation of cancer registration in China was systematically reviewed. So far, cancer registrationin China has been making a great progress in the following aspects: the number of cancer registries and ...
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Serum Oncofetal Fibronectin (onfFN) mRNA in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC): Large Overlap between Disease-Free and Metastatic Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Aim: This study assessed if onfFN mRNA in the peripheral blood of patients with DTC can identify individualswith metastatic disease. Methods: Comparison of onfFN mRNA was made among 3 groups: disease-free, ...
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Identifying Women’s Knowledge about Risk Factors of Breast Cancer and Reasons for Having Mammography
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)The aim of this study was to identify breast cancer risk factors and reasons for having mammography of thewomen who applied for mammography, as well as to determine their level of knowledge about risk factors andlevel of ...
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Exon 8-9 Mutations of DNA Polymerase β in Ovarian Carcinoma Patients from Haldia, India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: Ovarian cancer is the number one killer among all the gynecological cancers. We undertookassociation study to identify potential alterations in the genomic DNA of a DNA repair gene, DNA polymerasebeta ...
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Translating Evidence into Practice in Low Resource Settings: Cervical Cancer Screening Tests are Only Part of the Solution in Rural India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: The majority of women in rural India have poor or no access to cervical cancer screeningservices, although one–quarter of all cervical cancers in the world occur there. Several large trials have proventhe ...
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Efficacy of Aprepitant in Patients with Advanced or Recurrent Lung Cancer Receiving Moderately Emetogenic Chemotherapy
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Aims and Background: To evaluate the efficacy of a combination of aprepitant and conventional antiemetictherapy in patients with advanced or recurrent lung cancer receiving moderately emetogenic chemotherapy(MEC). ...
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Tobacco Promotion and Availability in School Neighborhoods in India: a Cross-sectional Study of their Impact on Adolescent Tobacco Use
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: Adolescent tobacco use is a major public health problem. However, there is little informationabout the impact of tobacco advertising and availability near schools on adolescent tobacco use in ...
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Comparison of Two Ovarian Malignancy Prediction Models Based on Age Sonographic Findings and Serum Ca125 Measurement
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Objective: The aim of our study is to compare an ovarian malignancy prediction model based on age andfour sonographic findings (OMPS1) with a new model called OMPS2 which differs just by adding serum CA125measurement ...
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Promoter Methylation Status of DNA Repair Gene (hMLH1) in Gastric Carcinoma Patients of the Kashmir Valley
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Cancer is a multi-factorial disease and variation in genetic susceptibility, due to inherited differences in thecapacity to repair mismatches in the genome, is an important factor in the development of gastric cancer ...
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Moderately Hypofractionated Conformal Radiation Treatment of Thoracic Esophageal Carcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Aims: To prospectively assess the efficacy and safety of moderately hypofractionated conformal radiotherapyin patients with thoracic esophageal cancer. Methods and Materials: From Sept. 2002 to Oct. 2005, 150 eligiblepatients ...
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Silencing of PDK1 Gene Expression by RNA Interference Suppresses Growth of Esophageal Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)The current study was conducted to explore the inhibitory effects of a small interfering RNA (siRNA) on3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) expression in esophageal cancer 9706 (EC9706) cells andthe influence ...
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Reconstruction of Combined Oral Mucosa-Mandibular Defects Using the Vascularized Myoosseous Iliac Crest Free Flap
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)The authors present five cases of combined oral mucosa-mandible defects reconstructed with thevascularized internal oblique-iliac crest myoosseous free flap. This technique has many advantages comparedto other conventional ...
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Effects of Care Burdens of Caregivers of Cancer Patients on their Quality of Life
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)In this study, the aim was to examine the effects of caring burdens of family caregivers of cancer patients ontheir quality of life in the east of Turkey. Data were collected at the Chemotherapy unit of Yakutiye ResearchHospital ...
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Retrospective Study of Gemcitabine Based Chemotherapy for Unresectable or Recurrent Esophagus Squamous Cell Carcinoma Refractory to First Line Chemotherapy
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and toxicity of a combination of gemcitabine with nedaplatin (GN)or cisplatin (GC) for patients with unresectable or recurrent esophagus squamous cell carcinoma. Methods:Gemcitabine ...
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In Vitro Biological Characterization of DCUN1D5 in DNA Damage Response
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: Novel prognostic biomarkers or therapeutic molecular targets for laryngeal squamous cellcarcinoma (LSCC) are an urgent priority. We here sought to identify multiple novel LSCC-associated genes. ...
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Retrospective Analysis of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Turkish Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: Neoadjuvant systemic chemotherapy is the accepted approach for women with locally advancedbreast cancer. Anthracycline- and taxane-based regimens have been extensively studied in clinical trials ...
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Lack of Any Relationship between ABO and Rh Blood Groups and Clinicopathological Features in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Turkish Oncology Group
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: An association between the ABO blood group and the risk of certain malignancies, includingpancreatic and gastric cancer, has been reported previously. However, it is unclear whether this association is ...
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Retrospective Analysis of 498 Primary Soft Tissue Sarcomas in a Single Turkish Centre
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Background: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) must be managed with a team involving pathologists, radiologists,surgeons, radiation therapists and medical oncologists. Treatment modalities and demographic charasteristics ...
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Association of Poor Prognosis Subtypes of Breast Cancer with Estrogen Receptor Alpha Methylation in Iranian Women
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)Breast cancer is a prevalent heterogeneous malignant disease. Gene expression profiling by DNA microarraycan classify breast tumors into five different molecular subtypes: luminal A, luminal B, HER-2, basal and normallikewhich ...
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Green Tea Polyphenol Protection Against 4-Nitroquinoline 1-Oxide-Induced Bone Marrow Lipid Peroxidation and Genotoxicity in Wistar Rats
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-08-01)4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4-NQO) a potent oral carcinogen, widely used for induction of oral carcinogenesis,has been found to induce lipid peroxidation in vivo and in vitro. Green tea contains a high content of polyphenols,which ...
