Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the opinions of Turkish adolesecent girls and their parentsabout HPV vaccination and the consistency. Methods: This descriptive study covered 301 girls and their ...

Aim: The incidence of stomach cancer in Mizoram is highest in India. We have conducted a populationbased matched case-control study to identify environmental and genetic risk factors in this geographical area.Methods: ...

Introduction and Purpose: The frequency of bilateral breast cancer is 1.4-11.0% among all breast cancers.It can present as synchronous (SC) or metachronous (MC). Data regarding clinical course of bilateral breastcancer are ...

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an uncommon adenocarcinoma which arises from the epithelial cells of thebile ducts. The aim of the study was to investigate the cytotoxicity, toxicity, and anticancer activity of a crudeethanolic ...

The epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) contains a large number of gene products which are crucialfor the maturation of the human epidermis and can contribute to skin diseases, even carcinogenesis. It isgenerally ...

Background: Tobacco consumption is one of the leading causes of oral submucous fibrosis, oral cancerand even premature death. The present study was designed to compare the biochemical parameters and nonenzymaticantioxidant ...

Introduction: Hypercalcemia is mainly caused by bone resorption due to either secretion of cytokinesincluding parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) or bone metastases. However, hypercalcemia may occurin ...

Objectives: To explore the impact of low- vs conventional-dose chemotherapy via transcatheter arterialchemo-embolization (TACE) on serum fibrosis indicators and treatment efficacy of hepatocellular cancerpatients ...

The aim of the present study is to find out the influence of rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) on painintensity among cancer patients in India and Iran. The study followed a quasi-experimental, pre-post test, ...

This study aimed to screen for anal cancer and to determine its cytomorphology using liquid-based cytology(LBC) with specimens preserved in 95% ethyl alcohol. Anal swabs were collected for cytological examinationfrom 177 ...

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) for patients withgastric cancer and to compare effects between different regimens of IPC. Method: Randomized controlledtrials ...

Introduction: Mobile learning enables users to interact with educational resources while in variable locations.Medical students in residency positions need to assimilate considerable knowledge besides their ...

Background: Opisthorchis viverrini infection is a serious public-health problem in Southeast Asia. It isassociated with a number of hepatobiliary diseases and the evidence strongly indicates that liver fluke infection ...

Background: MMP-3 is a proteolytic enzyme of the matrix metalloproteinase family. Protein degradationwhich is their fundamental action regulates different activities of tumor cell such as their growth, differentia ...

Introduction: The aim of the study was to determine the breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screeningrates and the influencing factors in a group of Turkish females. Methods: This descriptive ...

Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of prostate cancer may largely influenced by patients’ age at presentation.This study is aimed to evaluate the characteristics, diagnostic and treatment strategies in prostate cancer ...

Background: The pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) is relatively rare and generally felt to follow anindolent course. EUS has an important role in detection of pNET. This is a review of clinical and radiologic ...

Objective: The results from studies on associations of the glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) genepolymorphism and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in Chinese populations are still conflicting. This ...

With the advances in modern diagnostic expertise for cancer, certain approaches allowing scanning of thecomplete genome and the proteome are becoming very useful for researchers. These high throughput techniqueshave already ...

This study aimed to analyse the participation of women of reproductive age in a cancer screening program,and survey reasons for non-screening in a region from Mexico with high cervical cancer mortality. A total of281 ...