Cervical carcinoma is the main cause of cancer-related mortality in women and is correlated with more than15 risk cofactors, including infection of cervical cells with high-risk types of HPV (hrHPV). Indeed, both ...

Background: Medicinal plants, especially examples rich in polyphenolic compounds, have been suggested tobe chemopreventive on account of antioxidative properties. Punica granatum (PG) (pomegranate) is a well knownfruit ...

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the incidence and mortality of breast cancer, and its relationshipwith human development index (HDI) and its components in Asia in 2012. Materials and Methods: This ...

Lung cancer is the leading contributor to cancer deaths in the developing world. Within countries, significantvariability exists in the prevalence of lung cancer risk, yet limited information is available whether some of ...

Purpose: To understand the epidemiology of different upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract related abnormalitiesthrough endoscopic data analysis. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of three years from ...

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Its prevalence isincreasing in many countries. Plant products can be used to protect against cancer due to natural anticancerand ...

Background: The performance of combined testing visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and cervicalcytology tests might differ from one setting to another. The average estimate of the testing accuracy across ...

Background: Breast cancer is the most prevalent kind of cancer among women in Iran. Regarding theimportance of cancer prevention and considerable variation of breast cancer incidence in different parts of thecountry, ...

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of selective radiotherapy after distant metastasis ofnasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treated with dose-dense cisplatin plus fluorouracil. Materials and Methods:Eligible ...

Background: Kidney cancer has shown an increasing trend in recent decades. This study aimed to determinechange in the incidence rate between 2003 and 2009 in Iran. Materials and Methods: In this study, ...

Background: The prevalence of metronidazole-resistant H. pylori is almost 50% in Thailand which severelylimits the use of this drug for eradication therapy. The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy ...

The developing countries have higher mortality rates for breast cancer. A reason for this is presentation atadvanced stages due to low levels of public awareness. Activities are arranged by health authorities of ...

Micronutrients in food have been found to have chemopreventive effects, supporting the conclusions fromepidemiologie studies that consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables reduces cancer risk. The present studywas carried ...

Background: Ovarian cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy and constitutes the fifth leadingcause of female cancer death. Some biological parameters have prognostic roles in patients with advanced ...

Purpose: To evaluate efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with radiofrequencyablation (RFA) in treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Materials and Methods: During January2009 ...

Background: We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of baseline neutrophil, lymphocyte, and plateletcounts along with the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in local andadvanced ...

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. This study aimed toinvestigate the risk factors for colorectal cancer in the Thai population. Materials and Methods: A ...

Objective: To describe and analyze the epidemiological characteristics of lung cancer mortality in China from1991 to 2013, forecast the future five-year trend and provide scientific evidence for prevention and ...

Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is thought to develop from precancerous dysplastic lesionsthrough multistep processes of carcinogenesis involving activation of oncogenes and loss of tumor suppressorgenes. ...

Background: Detection of cervical high grade lesions in patients with atypical squamous cells of undeterminedsignificance (ASCUS) is still a challenge. Our study tested the efficacy of the paired boxed gene 1 ...