Background: Among women with haematuria, defining individuals under high risk for bladder cancer basedon reproductive factors prior to cystoscopy would be of great benefit in the management of this condition. Theaim ...

Aim: We aimed to investigate the associations of dietary intake of folate, vitamin B6 and B12 and MTHFRgenotype with breast cancer in a Chinese population. Methods: A matched case-control study was conducted, ...

Background: To assess the accuracy of ultrasound in differentiating endometrioma from ovarian cancer andto describe pattern recognition for atypical endometriomas mimicking ovarian cancers. Materials and ...

There is a consensus among researchers about the fact that women should be familiar with their breasts butthere is a lot of argument as to how to make them aware of what is normal for them. For over decades breast ...

Background: This study developed and measured the effects of a cervical cancer prevention program formarried women immigrants. Materials and Methods: A nonequivalent control group pre-test/post-test ...

Background: Alu elements are one of the most common repetitive sequences that now constitute more than10% of the human genome and potential targets for epigenetic alterations. Correspondingly, methylation of ...

MicroRNA-10b (miR-10b) has been reported to play an important role in some types of cancer, but the effectsand possible mechanisms of action of miR-10b in the metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells (NPC) havenot been ...

Purpose: To explore the association between PIK3CA and AKT single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNP) andosteosarcoma susceptibility. Methods: TaqMan polymerase chain reaction(PCR) was used to detect the genotypesof ...

Background and Aim: Increasing evidence correlates the presence of systemic inflammation with poorsurvival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to investigate theprognostic significance ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of a genetic variant in the multidrug resistance 1 gene(MDR1) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk. This case-control study was conducted in a Chinese populationof ...

Background: A retrospective analysis of all cancer patients attending the radiotherapy outpatient department(OPD) of a single unit during the period of January 2005 till December 2006 was conducted to know thegeographical ...

The human papilloma virus (HPV) causes skin and mucous membrane infections. It crosses from one personto another by skin-to-skin contact, such as sexual contact. There are more than 100 types of HPV that caninfluence ...

Background: Cell cycle deregulation is a major component of carcinogenesis. The p53 tumor suppressorgene plays an important role in regulating cell cycle arrest, and mouse double minute 2 (MDM2) is a keyregulator ...

Objective: CXCL12 exerts a wide variety of chemotactic effects on cells. Evidence indicates that CXCL12,in conjunction with its receptor, CXCR4, promotes invasion and metastasis of tumor cells. Our objective ...

Background: Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) is the most common cancer diagnosed within theoral cavity worldwide. Many studies in India report OTSCC ranking among the top two most common subsiteswithin ...

The cerebellar hemangioblastoma (CHB) has an abundant blood supply and deep anatomical location.Complete surgical resection is generally very difficult. This study investigated the safety and effectiveness ofpreoperative ...

Objectives: Although there are many reports about the risk of breast cancer, few have reported clinicalfactors including history of breast-related or other diseases that affect the prevalence of breast cancer. ...

Primary liver cancer is one of the most common cancers at the global level, accounting for half of all cancersin some undeveloped countries. This disease tends to occur in livers damaged through alcohol abuse, or ...

Background: Clarifying the prognostic impact of histological type is an essential issue that may influence thetreatment and follow-up planning of newly diagnosed cervical cancer cases. This study aimed to evaluate ...

Purpose: To demonstrate the value of sequential determinations of pelvic drainage in the identification ofincreased risk of anastomotic leakage (AL) after anterior resection for rectal cancer with a double staplingtechnique. ...