Background: Surgery offers the only potential for cure and long-term survival of recurrence of rectal cancer.Few studies about laparoscopic recurrent lesion resection have been reported. This study was designed to ...

Several lines of evidence suggest that genetic variation in MUC5AC gene might contribute to the risk of gastriccancer. We conducted a case-control study to evaluate the relationship between common genetic variations inMUC5AC ...

Purpose: This study aimed at summarizing epidemiological evidence of the association between gestationaldiabetes mellitus (GDM) and subsequent risk of cancer. Materials and Methods: We searched Medline, ...

Background: Although roles of genetic polymorphisms of leptin receptor (LEPR) gene in several cancershave been documented, the association between polymorphisms of LEPR and clear cell renal cell carcinoma(CC-RCC) ...

Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 are important proteases involved in invasion and metastasisof various tumors. Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors (EGISTs) are rare neoplasms. This study was performedto assess ...

Purpose: To calculate the probability of one person’s life-time death caused by a malignant tumor andprovide theoretical basis for cancer prevention. Materials and Methods: The probability of one person’s ...

Background: One of the most important reasons for the high mortality rates of cancer is the low level ofawareness, which can lead to a late diagnosis and treatments starting too late. Therefore, it is necessary ...

The median ages at death from cancers between 1985 and 2005 were calculated to demonstrate that inherentanticancer mechanisms may be a common pathway for different cancers. Seventy-eight patients with gastric,liver and ...

Lingzhi or Ganoderma lucidum is a popular medicinal mushroom used as a health promotion herb in Chinaand other Asian countries for thousands of years. There have many previous studies about the anti-cancereffects of lingzhi ...

Background: Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate because it is usually diagnosed late. Since little isknown about this cancer in Iran, with the aim of improving this knowledge deficiency, we evaluated ...

Background: Nano-biotechnology is recognized as offering revolutionary changes in the field of cancertherapy and biologically synthesized gold nanoparticles are known to have a wide range of medical applications.Materials ...

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is highlyaccurate in diagnosing mediastinal lymphadenopathies of lung cancer and benign disorders. However, the utilityof ...

Background: To determine prognostic value of excision repair cross-complementation 1 (ERCC1) in patientswith malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Materials and Methods: The study included 60 patients ...

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of alternating etoposide-cisplatin andvinorelbine-cisplatin (EP-NP) compared with an etoposide-cisplatin (EP) regimen for advanced combined smallcell ...

We here document discovery of expression profile of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in chronichepatitis B (CHB) patients and changes in the course of disease. The study population was composed of 75outpatient HBV ...

Aims: To delineate the histopathological pattern of prostate diseases and to highlight age variations in prostatespecific antigen (PSA) values and histopathological features. Materials and Methods: A retrospective ...

Background: This study investigated the influence of curcumin on HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR)-mediated migration of cultured renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells. Materials and Methods: Five RCC ...

Aim: To determine prognostic value of blood parameters on overall and progression-free survival in casesreceived adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy with diagnosis of stage I-III breast cancer. Materials andMethods: ...

Background: The prognosis of primary glioblastoma (GBM) is poor. Approximately 2/3 of primary braintumor diagnoses are GBM, of which 95% are primary lesions. In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether moresunlight ...