Purpose: This analysis was conducted to evaluate cardiovascular toxicity of commonly used anti-VEGFtherapeutic agent, bevacizumab, in treating patients with cancer. Methods: Clinical studies evaluating the ...

The laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors occurringin the head and neck. Tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis induce ligand (TRAIL) and TRAIL-receptors(DR4, DR5, DcR1, DcR2) ...

Pathogenesis of lung cancer is a complicated biological process including multiple genetic and epigeneticchanges. Since cigarette smoking is confirmed as the most main risk factor of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),the ...

It is well known that conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy can result in toxicity to both normalcells and tumor cells, which causes limitations in the application of these therapeutic strategies for cancer ...

Background: To determine the level of knowledge on human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and vaccination,and the attitude towards HPV vaccination in pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists (OBG). Materialsand ...

Background: Many scientists have reported Candida species to be of great concern because of the highfrequency that they colonize and infect human hosts, particularly cancer patients. Moreover, in the last decadesCandida ...

Background: This systematic analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cantharidincombined with chemotherapy in treating Chinese patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Methods: ...

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of VIA screening with cryotherapy and to recordnormative values for indicators anticipated in similar low resource settings. Women aged 30-49 years weretargeted, ...

Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), characterized by the lack of expression of estrogenreceptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2, is typically associated with apoor ...

Several lines of evidence suggest that MUC5AC genetic polymorphisms might confer susceptibility to H. pyloriinfection and therefore gastric cancer risk. We here assessed the association of common polymorphisms in theMUC5AC ...

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: 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 ...

Background: To study the relationship between mammographic findings and clinical/pathologic features inwomen with 1-15mm sized invasive breast cancer. Materials and Methods: We investigated a consecutive ...

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 ...

Background: Cancers of the breast, uterine cervix and ovary are common cancers amongst females ofNorth East India. Not much is known about the descriptive epidemiology of these cancers in our population.The present ...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of FNA-Tg for detecting lymph nodemetastases in patients with a history of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Materials and Methods: A total ...

Background: There are various patient and professional factors responsible for the delay in start of treatment(SOT) for head and neck cancers (HNC). Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was ...

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: 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: Rapamycin is an effective anti-angiogenic drug. However, the mode of its action remainsunclear. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to elucidate the antitumor mechanism of rapamycin, hypotheticallyvia ...