Volume 15, Issue 22
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Tobacco Use, Beliefs and Risk Awareness in University Students from 24 Low, Middle and Emerging Economy Countries
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tobacco use, beliefs and risk awareness andpsychosocial correlates of tobacco use among university students in 24 low, middle and emerging economycountries. Using ...
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules Using Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology as the Reference Standard
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: In Pakistan thyroid cancer is responsible for 1.2% cases of all malignant tumors. Ultrasonography(US) is helpful in detecting cancerous thyroid nodules on basis of different features like echogenicity, ...
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Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Prostate Cancer Risk in the Pakistani Population
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene has been a subject of extensive pharmacogenetic researchrecently. Association studies between different types of cancers including prostate cancer (PCa) and VDR genepolymorphism ...
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Risk of Cancer Mortality according to the Metabolic Health Status and Degree of Obesity
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: We investigated the risk of cancer mortality according to obesity status and metabolic healthstatus using sampled cohort data from the National Health Insurance system. Materials and Methods: ...
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Success of a Cervical Cancer Screening Program: Trends in Incidence in Songkhla, Southern Thailand, 1989-2010, and Prediction of Future Incidences to 2030
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Cervical cancer has been a leading female cancer in Thailand for decades, and has been secondto breast cancer after 2007. The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has provided opportunistic screening withPap ...
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Age of Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in China: Almost 10 Years Earlier than in the United States and the European Union
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: The study aimed to describe the age distribution of breast cancer diagnosis among Chinesefemales for comparison with the United States and the European Union, and provide evidence for the screeningtarget ...
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Fentanyl Increases Colorectal Carcinoma Cell Apoptosis by Inhibition of NF-κB in a Sirt1-dependent Manner
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Fentanyl is used as an analgesic to treat pain in a variety of patients with cancer and recentlyit has become considered to also act as an antitumor agent. The study present was designed to investigate ...
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Differences in Cancer Incidence among Predominantly Muslim and Buddhist Subpopulations in Songkhla
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: The population of Songkhla, a province in Southern Thailand, can be divided into apredominantly Muslim subpopulation (PMSP, approximately 70% Muslim) and a predominantly Buddhistsubpopulation (PBSP, ...
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Promoter Methylation of MGMT Gene in Serum of Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in North East India
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Promoter hypermethylation is a common event in human cancer. O6-methylguanine-DNAmethyltransferase (MGMT) is a gene involved in DNA repair, which is methylated in a variety of cancers. Weaimed to explore ...
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Silencing of COX-2 by RNAi Modulates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Cancer Cells Partially Dependent on the PGE2 Cascade
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)In order to prove whether downregulation of COX-2 (Cyclooxygenase-2) could modulate the epithelialmesenchymaltransition (EMT) of breast cancer, celecoxib and siRNA were respectively used to inhibit COX-2function and ...
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Clinical Significance of BCR-ABL Fusion Gene Subtypes in Chronic Myelogenous and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Some reports have suggested that chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients have a higherprevalence of M-bcr than acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, which show a higher prevalence ofm-bcr. However, ...
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background and Aim: Laparoscopic and open rectum surgery for rectal cancer remains controversial.This systematic review compared the short-term and long-term efficiency and complications associated withlaparoscopic and ...
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Serum Periplakin as a Potential Biomarker for Urothelial Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)The objectives of this study were to examine serum periplakin expression in patients with urothelial carcinomaof the urinary bladder and in normal controls, and to examine relationships with clinicopathological findings.Detection ...
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Preclinical Activity of Lobaplatin as a Single Agent and in Combination with Taxanes for Ovarian Carcinoma Cells
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Lobaplatin, one of the third - generation platinum compounds, has shown encouraging anticancer activityin a variety of tumor types. However, the efficacy of lobaplatin in ovarian cancer has not been systemicallyevaluated. ...
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Annexin A2 and CD105 Expression in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma is Associated with Tumor Recurrence and Prognosis
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)To investigate the value of expression of annexin A2, microvessel density (MVD) and CD105 in pancreaticductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tissues and adjacent normal tissues, immunohistochemical staining was used.The positive ...
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Colorectal Polyps in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Iranian Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy from 2009-2013
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer in males and the second in femalesin Iran. Males are more likely to develop CRC than women and age is considered as a main risk factor forcolorectal ...
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Developing Scales for the Assessment of Fatigue in Turkish Pediatric Oncology Patients Aged 13-18 and their Parents
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: This study was planned in an attempt to develop scales for the assessment of fatigue in pediatriconcology patients aged 13-18 and also for their parents. Materials and Methods: In collecting ...
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Risk of Gastric Cancer in Children with Helicobacter pylori Infection
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the most common chronic infectious agent in the stomach.Most importantly, it may lead to atrophy, metaplasia and cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate ...
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Effects of TNF Secreting HEK Cells on B Lymphocytes’ Apoptosis in Human Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemias
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Background: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is an antitumorcandidate in cancer therapy. This study focused on effects of TRAIL, as a proapototic ligand that causes apoptosis,in ...
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A Systematic Review of MRI, Scintigraphy, FDG-PET and PET/CT for Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma Related Bone Disease - Which is Best?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2014-12-01)Aim: The purpose of the current study was to conduct a systematic review of the published literature toevaluate the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET, PTE/CT, MRI and scintigraphy for multiple myeloma relatedbone disease. ...
