مرور Volume 16, Issue 17 بر اساس عنوان
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Absence of 185delAG and 6174delT Mutations among Breast Cancer Patients of Eastern India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: The incidence of breast cancer in India is on the rise and is rapidly becoming the number one cancer in females, pushing the cervical cancer to the second position. Most of the predisposition to hereditary ...
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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: a Single Center Study from Southern Pakistan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a distinctive clinical, biological and molecular subtype of acute myeloid leukemia. However, data from Pakistan are scarce. Therefore we reviewed the demographic and ...
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Antitumoral and Antioxidant Potential of Egyptian Propolis Against the PC3 Prostate Cancer Cell Line
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)It has been shown previously that nutritional supplements rich in polyphenolic compounds play a significant role in prostate cancer chemoprevention. Propolis is a natural, resinous hive product that has several pharmacological ...
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Association Assessment among Risk Factors and Breast Cancer in a Low Income Country: Bangladesh
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: In the low incoming country Bangladesh, breast cancer is second most common neoplasm and is increasing at an alarming rate among females. Lack of awareness and illiteracy are contributory factors for ...
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Association of ATP6AP2 Gene Polymorphisms with Essential Hypertension in a south Chinese Han Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)
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Association of Metastasis with Clinicopathological Data in Mexican Patients with Osteosarcoma, Giant Cell Tumor of Bone and Chondrosarcoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: Bone tumors are neoplasias with a high overall mortality; one of the main factors that reduce survival is their high capacity to develop metastases. It has been reported that finding lung metastases at ...
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Attitudes of Medical Students Regarding Cancer Pain Management: Comparison Between Pre- and Post-Lecture Test Findings
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: Medical practitioners’ attitudes have a significant impact on quality of care for cancer pain patients. This study was conducted to determine if being given a lecture concerning cancer pain and its ...
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Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening Behavior among Female School Teachers in Gaza City
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)A cross-sectional survey of 370 female teachers working at Governmental schools in Gaza city was conducted. Twenty four schools were selected randomly of all female schools of the city that included primary, preparatory ...
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Breast Radiotherapy with Mixed Energy Photons; a Model for Optimal Beam Weighting
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Utilization of high energy photons (>10MV) with an optimal weight using a mixed energy technique is a practical way to generate a homogenous dose distribution while maintaining adequate target coverage in intact breast ...
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C-kit Mutations in Endometrial Cancer: Correlation with Tumor Histologic Type
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Objective: Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women in developed countries. Affected patients may benefit from systemic chemotherapy, alone or in combination with targeted therapies if ...
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Can Cancer Therapy be Achieved by Bridging Apoptosis and Autophagy: a Method Based on microRNA-Dependent Gene Therapy and Phytochemical Targets
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)A failure of a cell to self destruct has long been associated with cancer progression and development. The fact that tumour cells may not instigate cell arrest or activate cell death mechanisms upon cancer drug delivery ...
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The Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Opisthorchis viverrini among Rural Community People in Northeast Thailand: a Cross- Sectional Descriptive Study using Multistage Sampling Technique
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Opisthorchis viverrini infection is a serious public health problem in Southeast Asia especially in the northeast and north of Thailand. Therefore, a cross-sectional survey using multistage sampling was conducted from the ...
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Chromogenic In Situ Hybridisation Test for Breast Cancer Patients with Equivocal IHC Results - a Study from Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: HER2/neu overexpression on cell membranes of breast cancer cells is due to HER2/neu gene amplification and it is important to identify potential candidates for anti HER2 therapy with trastuzumab. IHC, ...
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Prognostic Value of Mutations
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a stem cell disorder characterized by unrestricted proliferation of the yeloid series that occurs due to the BCR-ABL fusion oncogene as a result of reciprocal translocation t(9;22) q34;q11). ...
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Clinical Implication of EGF A61G Polymorphism in the Risk of Non Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients: A Case Control Study
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: The epidermal growth factor (EGF) plays important roles in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) susceptibility and functional polymorphism in the EGF (+61A/G) gene has been linked to increased risk of ...
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Clinical Presentation and Frequency of Risk Factors in Patients with Breast Carcinoma in Pakistan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: Breast cancer is known to be one of the most prevalent cancers among women in both developing nd developed countries .The incidence of breast cancer in Pakistan has increased dramatically within the last ...
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Clinical Significance of the NQO1 C609T Polymorphism in Non Small Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is part of the antioxidant defence system involved in detoxification. This study aimed to analyze the influence of NQO1 (C609T) genetic polymorphism in non small ...
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Clinico-Hematological Profile and Risk Stratification in Patients with Essential Thrombocythemia: Experience from Pakistan
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by sustained thrombocytosis and megakaryocytic hyperplasia. It is an uncommon hematological ...
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Clinicopathological Significance of CD133 and ALDH1 Cancer Stem Cell Marker Expression in Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Background: Biomarkers in breast neoplasms provide invaluable information regarding prognosis and help determining the optimal treatment. We investigated the possible correlation between cancer stem cell (CSC) markers ...
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Colorectal Cancer in the Arab World - Screening Practices and Future Prospects
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2015-12-01)Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality rates have dropped 30% in the US in the last 10 years among adults ages 50 and older due to the widespread uptake of colonoscopy, yet incidences in the Arab countries have ...



