Background: To evaluate the results of various types of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treatment of renaltumors in patients with excessive anesthetic and surgical risk. Materials and Methods: Data for RFA ...

Atractylis lancea (Thunb.) DC. (AL), an important medicinal herb in Asia, has been shown to have anti-tumoreffects on cancer cells, but the involved mechanisms are poorly understood. This study focused on potentialeffects ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most prevalent cancers in the world and deeply threatens people’shealth, especially in China. Techniques of early diagnosis, prevention and prediction are still being discovered,among ...

Multiple genetic studies have confirmed association of 8q24 variants with susceptibility to prostate cancer(PCa). As PCa risk SNPs may also influence disease outcome, we studied here eight 8q24 risk alleles, andevaluated ...

Hematological malignancies (HM) are a group of neoplasms derived from the cells of the bone marrowand lymphatic system. Genetic factors leading to susceptibility to HM have been investigated for years butlittle is known ...

Aim: Associations between polymorphisms in miR-146aG>C, miR-196a2C>T and miR-499A>G and riskof HCC, and interaction with HBV infection in a Chinese population, were the target of the present research.C, miR-196a2C>T and miR-499A>G and riskof HCC, and interaction with HBV infection in a Chinese population, were the target of the present research.T and miR-499A>G and riskof HCC, and interaction with HBV infection in a Chinese population, were the target of the present research.G and riskof HCC, and interaction with HBV infection in a Chinese population, were the target of the present research.Methods: ...

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. All ages are susceptible and more than90% of the patients can be cured with early diagnosis. Breast self-examination (BSE) and mammography can beuseful ...

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity ofcabbage phytochemicals. Materials and Methods: Color coordinates were evaluated by colorimetry, and ...

Objective: Insulin resistance (IR) is an established risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC). Given thatCRC and IR physiologically overlap and the calpain-10 gene (CAPN10) is a candidate for IR, we explored ...

To obtain a screening and early detection reference for individuals who have a family history of cancer onthe paternal side, we collected and analyzed data from 240 pairs in which both fathers and their children werediagnosed ...

Background: Cigarette smoking is the largest single recognized cause of human cancers. In Western countries,many epidemiologists have reported risk factors for kidney cancer including smoking. However, little is ...

Background: Non-epithelial malignant ovarian tumors and clear cell carcinomas, Brenner tumors, transitionalcell tumors, and carcinoid tumors of the ovary are rare ovarian tumors (ROTs). In this study, our aim was ...

Objective: To determine clinical efficacy, safety and prognostic factors of pemetrexed plus platinum as firstlinetreatment in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Materials and ...

Background: Cold knife conization is a surgical procedure that allows both diagnosis and treatment of cervicallesions at the same time. It is mainly performed for indications of high-grade cervical intraepithelial ...

Objective: To explore the predictive value of tumor markers, including cancer antigen 72-4 (CA72-4), cancerantigen 15-3 (CA15-3) and cancer antigen 125 (CA125), in single or combined detection, for the diagnosis ...

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new type of tumor biomarker, eukaryotic elongationfactor 2 (eEF2), in serum for the early diagnosis, confirmative diagnosis as well as assessment of treatment ...

Background: Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are a relatively common malignancy in young men. Theaim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological features and survival of young Turkish patientswith ...

Background: Research on cancers with a high rate of mortality such as those occurring in the stomachrequires using models which can provide a closer examination of disease processes and provide researcherswith more ...

Background: Platinum based concurrent chemo-radiation is the de-facto standard of care in the non-surgicalmanagement of locally-advanced head and neck cancer of squamous origin. Three-weekly single agent cisplatinat ...

Background: Smoking among adolescents has been linked to a variety of adverse and long term healthconsequences. “Susceptibility to smoking” or the lack of cognitive commitment to abstain from smoking is animportant ...