Volume 15, Issue 15
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Stathmin 1, a Therapeutic Target in Esophageal Carcinoma?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)
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Overexpression of HER-2/neu in Patients with Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Prostatic adenocarcinoma is one of the main causes of cancer death, and its timely diagnosis and preventing its progression dramatically helps improve life indexes. Given the high disease recurrence rate, ...
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Albumin-globulin Ratio for Prediction of Long-term Mortality in Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Prior studies showed a relationship between serum albumin and the albumin to globulin ratio with different types of cancer. We aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the albumin-globulin ratio (AGR) ...
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Prevalence of Abnormal Anal Cytology in HIV-Infected Women: a Hospital-Based Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: To study the prevalence of abnormal anal cytology by Papanicolaou (Pap) technique in HIVinfected women who attended a HIV clinic at Prapokklao Hospital, Chanthaburi, Thailand. Materials and Methods: ...
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Relationship Between the SER Treatment Period and Prognosis of Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Purpose: To explore the relationship between SER (time between the start of any treatment and the end of radiation therapy) and the survival of patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer. Materials and Methods: ...
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Analysis of Mammographic Breast Density in a Group of Screening Chinese Women and Breast Cancer Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: A dense breast not only reduces the sensitivity of mammography but also is a moderate independent risk factor for breast cancer. The percentage of Western women with fat breast tissue is higher aged 40 ...
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Loss of Expression and Aberrant Methylation of the CDH1 (E-cadherin) Gene in Breast Cancer Patients from Kashmir
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Aberrant promoter hypermethylation has been recognized in human breast carcinogenesis as a frequent molecular alteration associated with the loss of expression of a number of key regulatory genes and may ...
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Prognostic Significance of the Peripheral Blood Absolute Monocyte Count in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving Systemic Chemotherapy
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: The prognostic significance of the circulating absolute monocyte count (AMC) in patients with locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is uncertain. This study was designed to assess the association ...
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Is the Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio an Indicator of Progression in Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate inflammation parameters and assess the utility of the neutrophillymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a simple and readily available predictor for clinical disease activity in patients ...
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Circulating Tumor Cells are Associated with Bone Metastasis of Lung Cancer
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, predominantly due to the difficulty of early diagnosis and its high metastatic potential. Recently, increasing evidence suggests that circulating tumour ...
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Insulin Promotes Proliferation and Migration of Breast Cancer Cells through the Extracellular Regulated Kinase Pathway
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)The present study was undertaken to determine the roles of insulin in the growth of transplanted breast cancer in nude mice, and the proliferation and migration of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and assess its influence ...
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Preventive Effect of Actinidia Valvata Dunn Extract on N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine-induced Gastrointestinal Cancer in Rats
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the preventive effect of Actinidia valvata Dunn (AVD) extract on an animal model of gastrointestinal carcinogenesis on the basis of changes in tumor incidence, cell proliferation, ...
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Are Women in Kuwait Aware of Breast Cancer and Its Diagnostic Procedures?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and awareness of women in Kuwait with regard to risk factors, symptoms and diagnostic procedures of breast cancer. A total of 521 questionnaires were distributed among ...
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Lack of Association between the MTHFR C677T Polymorphism and Lung Cancer in a Turkish Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: In this case-control study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and lung cancer. Materials and Methods: Total ...
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Expression of Neuronal Markers, NFP and GFAP, in Malignant Astrocytoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Immunohistochemical markers are considered as important factors in diagnosis of malignant astrocytomas. The aim of the current study was to investigate the frequency of the immunohistochemical markers ...
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Activation of JNK/p38 Pathway is Responsible for α-Methyln-butylshikonin Induced Mitochondria-Dependent Apoptosis in SW620 Human Colorectal Cancer Cells
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)α-Methyl-n-butylshikonin (MBS), one of the active components in the root extracts of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, posses antitumor activity. In this study, we assess the molecular mechanisms of MBS in causing apoptosis of ...
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Outcome of Rectal Cancer in Patients Aged 30 Years or Less in the Pakistani Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: The incidence of rectal cancer is increasing in younger age groups. Limited data is available regarding survival outcome in younger patients with conflicting results from western world. The goal of this ...
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MiR-150-5p Suppresses Colorectal Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion through Targeting MUC4
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Growing evidence suggests that miR-150-5p has an important role in regulating genesis of various types of cancer. However, the roles and the underlying mechanisms of miR-150-5p in development of colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
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Preliminary Evaluation of the in vitro Efficacy of 1, 2-di (Quinazolin-4-yl) Diselane against SiHa Cervical Cancer Cells
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Cervical cancer is one the most common malignancies among females. In recent years, its incidence rate has shown a rising trend in some countries so that development of anticancer drugs for cervical cancer is an urgent ...
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Efficacy and Tolerance of Pegaspargase-Based Chemotherapy in Patients with Nasal-Type Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma: a Pilot Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Nasal-type extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (ENKL) is a highly invasive cancer with a poor prognosis. More effective and safer treatment regimens for ENKL are needed. Pegaspargase (PEG-Asp) has a similar ...
