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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...