Background: For decades, studies have been performed to evaluate the association between ABO bloodgroups and risk of cancer. However, whether ABO blood groups are associated with overall cancer risk remainsunclear. ...

The development of chemopreventive approaches using a concoction of phytochemicals is potentially viablefor combating many types of cancer including colon carcinogenesis. This study evaluated the anti-proliferativeeffects ...

Objective: To investigate the changes of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), solubleinterleukin-2 receptor (SIL-2R) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) contents in patients with primaryhepatocellular ...

Background: To investigate tumor inhibition effects and mechanisms of Angelica sinensis and Sophoraeflavescentis ait decoction (ASSF) combined with diamine-dichloroplatinum (DDP). Materials and Methods ...

Background: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) makes it possible to detect malignant tumors based onthe diffusion of water molecules. However, it is uncertain whether DWI has advantages over FDG-PET fordistinguishing ...

ERCC2 is an essential component of the nucleotide excision repair pathway which is involved in the effectivemaintenance of genome integrity. Association studies on ERCC2 polymorphisms and glioma risk have yieldedinconclusive ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females all over the world with approximately one million newcases each year as well as one of second leading causes of death among females. In Pakistan, the most frequentlydiagnosed ...

Background: This systemic analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed basedchemotherapy in treating patients with metastatic breast cancer as first or second line chemotherapy. ...

Background: This descriptive and cross-sectional study aimed to investigate effects of cigarette smokingacross three generations and perceptions of the smoking-cancer relationship on the cigarette smoking status ...

Background: Breast conservation treatment (BCT) has long been recognised to provide survival outcomesequivalent to mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer. However, published reports of BCT rates in Asiancommunities ...

Background: Several studies have previously focused on associations between the (GT)n repeat polymorphismof the heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene promoter region and risk of cancers, but results are complex. We conductedthe ...

Background: Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide and infectionwith H. pylori is considered essential for its development. Helicobacter pylori infects more than 50% of theworld’s ...

Objective: To explore the value of porous titanium alloy plates for chest wall reconstruction after resectionof chest wall tumors. Materials and Methods: A total of 8 patients with chest wall tumors ...

Background: Although the nutritional may exert effect on the breast cancer risk, it is not clear whetherthe role diet is the same in sedentary and physically active women. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...

Turkey protects its entire population of 75 million people with all the MPOWER measures at the highestlevel. The aim of this study is to make a comparison of smoking and addiction data obtained from SakaryaUniversity ...

Background: A great number of studies have shown that cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) geneticpolymorphisms, CYP1A1 Msp I and CYP1A1 Ile/Val, might be risk factors for digestive tract cancers, includingesophageal cancer ...

Background: Colorectal cancer is a serious health problem. Early detection of colorectal cancer is crucialfor treatment and reducing mortality. Beliefs related to colorectal cancer have been found to be a factor in ...

Glioblastoma, the most aggressive and malignant form of glioma, appears to be resistant to variouschemotherapeutic agents. Hence, approaches have been intensively investigated to targeti specific molecularpathways involved ...

Background: Infection is a serious cause of mortality in febrile neutropenia of pediatric cancer patients.Recently, monotherapy has replaced the combination therapy in empirical treatment of febrile neutropenia.Since ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.37 million people died of lung cancer all around theworld in 2008, occupying the first place in all cancer-related deaths. However, this number might be decreasedif ...