This study was conducted to establish whether the preoperative platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) ispredictive of survival of women with ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC). A PLR > 300 was deemed elevated.Progression-free ...

Background: Minor cervical cytologic abnormalities include atypical squamous cells of undeterminedsignificance (ASC-US) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL). Approximately 10-20% of womenwith minor ...

Purpose: Analysis of descriptive epidemiological characteristics of pancreatic cancer in Vojvodina, Serbia.Materials and Methods: The study covers population of Vojvodina in the period from 2000 to 2009. The ...

Aims: To explore the effect and probable mechanism of a synthetic retinoid 4-amino-2-tri-fluoromethylphenylester (ATPR) on apoptosis of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Materials and Methods: MTT assayswere ...

Breast cancer primary prevention is a high research priority due to the high psychological and economic costs.The disease is a multistep process and several risk factors have been recognized. Over the past three decadesnumerous ...

Background: Smoking remains the major preventable cause of death worldwide, especially cancer-relateddeath. Evidence clearly indicates that tobacco-related morbidity and mortality is reduced by smoking cessation.Pharmacists ...

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations play a vital role in the prognosis of patientswith lung adenocarcinoma. Such somatic mutations are more common in women who are non-smokers withadenocarcinoma ...

Up-regulation of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) is regarded as one of the main causes formultidrug resistance (MDR) of tumor cells, leading to failure of chemotherapy-based treatment for a multitude ...

Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing is an effective method to screen for precancerouschanges in the cervix. Samples from self-collection rather than Pap smear can potentially be used to test forHPV ...

The present study aimed at evaluating and comparing the diagnostic performance of B-mode ultrasound (US),elastography score (ES), and strain ratio (SR) for the differentiation of breast lesions. This retrospective studyenrolled ...

Background: The study aimed to investigate the analgesic effect of a combination of intravenous flurbiprofenaxetil and opioids, and evaluate the relationship between refractory pain relief and plasma β-endorphin ...

Background: Both alcohol and aqueous extracts of Sauromatum giganteum(Engl.) Cusimano and Hett, the driedroot tuber of which is named Baifuzi in Chinese, have been used for folklore treatment of cancer in Northeastof ...

Background: The CYP2C19 genotype has been found to be an important factor for peptic ulcer healing andH. pylori eradication, influencing the efficacy of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and the pathogenesis of ...

Background: Phyllodes tumors of the breast are rare fibroepithelial lesions, so relatively little is known aboutthis disease entity. The present study was designed to identify differences in clinical features between ...

Background: Accuracy in feature extraction is an important factor in image classification and retrieval. In thispaper, a breast tissue density classification and image retrieval model is introduced for breast cancer ...

Background: The Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer worldwide for males, and the 5th mostcommon cancer overall, with an estimated 900,000 new cases diagnosed in 2008 (14% of the total in males and 7%of the ...

Objective: To investigate bladder and intestinal function recovery and quality of sexual life after laparoscopicnerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (LNRH) for treatment of early invasive cervical carcinoma. ...

Background: This analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of irinotecan based chemotherapyfor treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who experienced disease progression after one ...

Background: This study aimed to understand the relationship between knowledge level and behavior onbreast care in Chinese students, so as to provide strategies for improving the health education of breast care ...