Volume 13, Issue 12
مرور بر اساس
ارسال های اخیر
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A Comment to the Article Published in the APJCP by Choi and Co-workers about the Treatment of Cancer with Citric Acid
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)I first published the medical hypothesis that citric acid,as a natural inhibitor of glycolysis, would be effective asa cancer treatment in March, 2007 (Halabe Bucay, 2007).Two years and two months later, on May, 2009, I ...
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RFID Technology in Health Environment Opportunities and Challenges for Modern Cancer Care
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Cancers are significant contributors to the mortality and health care expenditures. Cancer can be reduced andmonitored by new information technology. Radio frequency identification or RFID is a wireless identificationtechnology. ...
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Complement Receptor 1 Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and the Association with Clinicopathological Features And Prognosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Purpose: Complement receptor 1 (CR1) is induced by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and may be a potentialbiomarker of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We conducted the present study to evaluate the association ofCR1 expression ...
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CYP2E1*5B, CYP2E1*6, CYP2E1*7B, CYP2E1*2, and CYP2E1*3 Allele Frequencies in Iranian Populations
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: CYP2E1 encodes an enzyme which is mainly involved in bioactivation of potential carcinogenssuch as N-nitrosamines. Polymorphisms in the gene have been reported to be associated with cancer. The aim ofthis ...
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RNAi-induced K-Ras Gene Silencing Suppresses Growth of EC9706 Cells and Enhances Chemotherapy Sensitivity of Esophageal Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)To analyze the growth, proliferation, apoptosis, invasiveness and chemotherapy sensitivity of EC9706 cellsafter K-Ras gene silencing, an expression carrier pSilencer-siK-Ras was constructed, and the EC9706 cell linewas ...
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Iris Nertschinskia Ethanol Extract Differentially Induces Cytotoxicity in Human Breast Cancer Cells Depending on AKT1/2 Activity
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Recently, we reported that an ethanol extract of Iris nertschinskia induces p53-dependent apoptosis inthe MCF7 human breast cancer cell line. However, the detailed mechanisms were not fully explored. Here,we demonstrate ...
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Cervical Cancer Screening in Turkey: A Community-based Experience After 60 Years of Pap Smear Usage
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in females in the World with around 500,000 new casesoccurring annually, but the first in the developing countries with a high mortality if not diagnosed early.Papanicolau ...
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Socio-economic Status Plays Important Role in Childhood Cancer Treatment Outcome in Indonesia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: The influence of parental socio-economic status on childhood cancer treatment outcome inlow-income countries has not been sufficiently investigated. Our study examined this influence and exploredparental ...
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of School Nurses in the United Arab Emirates about HPV Infection and Vaccine
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: In 2008, the Health Authority in Abu Dhabi (the capital of the United Arab Emirates) introducedHPV vaccine free of charge for high school girls entering grade 11, becoming the first state in the Middle ...
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Requests for Tumor Marker Tests in Turkey Without Indications and Frequency of Elevation in Benign Conditions
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Aims: To investigate the incidence of ordering tests for tumor markers which are used in cancer diagnosis,follow-up treatment and detection of recurrence, the rate of elevation in benign diseases and which clinicsorder ...
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Clinical and Biochemical Profile of Monoclonal Gammopathies in Caribbean Patients in a Resource-limited Setting
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: Multiple myeloma is the most common malignant plasma cell dyscrasia and ranks secondamong primary haematological malignancies. This study describes the epidemiologic, clinical and pathologicprofile of ...
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Targeting Renal Cell Carcinoma with Gambogic Acid in Combination with Sunitinib in Vitro and in Vivo
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Purpose: To evaluated the effect of the gambogic acid (GA), one of the effective components of Garcinia, incombination with a new multi-targeted oral medication, sunitinib (SU) on renal cancer cell proliferation in vitroand ...
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DNA Repair Gene Polymorphisms at XRCC1, XRCC3, XPD, and OGG1 Loci in the Hyderabad Population of India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: DNA repair is one of the crucial defense mechanism against mutagenic exposure. Inherited SNPs of DNA repair genes may contribute to variation in DNA repair capacity and susceptibility to cancer. Due to ...
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Preliminary Study of Protective Effects of Flavonoids against Radiation-induced Lung Injury in Mice
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: Radiation therapy plays an important role in lung carcinoma treatment. However, the incidenceof symptomatic radiation-induced lung injury is high. This study aimed to evaluate radioprotective effects ...
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Clinicopathological and Prognostic Significance of MUC- 2, MUC-4 and MUC-5AC Expression in Japanese Gastric Carcinomas
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: The mucin components of the gastric gel layer function as a protective and lubricatingfactor against luminal acid and proteolytic enzymes. Alteration of mucin expression in gastric preneoplasticand ...
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Identification of Cisplatin-Resistance Associated Genes through Proteomic Analysis of Human Ovarian Cancer Cells and a Cisplatin-resistant Subline
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Chemoresistance to cancer therapy is a major obstacle to the effective treatment of human cancers withcisplatin (DDP), but the mechanisms of cisplatin-resistance are not clear. In this study, we established a cisplatinre ...
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Effects of Sodium Valproate on the Growth of Human Ovarian Cancer Cell Line HO8910
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)To explore a possible new treatment for human ovarian cancer, we studied the effects of sodium valproateon the growth of the HO8910 human cell line. HO8910 cells were cultured in vitro and treated with differentconcentrations ...
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XRCC1 Polymorphisms are Associated with Cervical Cancer Risk and Response to Chemotherapy: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: Functional single nucleotide polymorphisms of x-ray repair cross-complementing protein1 (XRCC1) have been suspected to contribute to uterine cervical cancer risk for a long time; however, mostprevious ...
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Overexpression of HER-2/neu in Malignant Mammary Tumors; Translation of Clinicopathological Features from Dog to Human
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Background: Canine mammary gland tumors (CMGTs) are the most common tumor found in bitches. Changesin HER-2/neu genes in human breast cancer (HBC) lead to decrease in disease-free survival (DFS) and overallsurvival ...
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Potential Chemoprevention Activity of Pterostilbene by Enhancing the Detoxifying Enzymes in the HT-29 Cell Line
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2012-12-01)Detoxifying enzymes are present in most epithelial cells of the human gastrointestinal tract where they protectagainst xenobiotics which may cause cancer. Induction of examples such as glutathione S-transferase (GST)and ...
