Volume 8, Issue 1
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ارسال های اخیر
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Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer Knowledge and Preventive Practices among Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, California
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection causes liver cancer and disproportionately affects the Asiancommunity in the U.S. In order to advance HBV and liver cancer awareness and prevention, it is important toidentify ...
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Predicted B-cell Epitopes of HER-2 Oncoprotein by a Bioinformatics Method: a Clue for Breast Cancer Vaccine Development
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and is on the increase. Vaccines are new hopesfor primary prevention of this cancer. In the breast cancer case, HER2 is a focus as a target for vaccine ...
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Breast Cancer in Malaysia : Are Our Women Getting The Right Message? 10 Year-Experience in A Single Institution In Malaysia
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)The message that health care providers caring for patients with breast cancer would like to put forth, is that,not only early detection is crucial but early treatment too is important in ensuring survival. This paper ...
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Weak Linkage in Hepatitis C PePHD: Identification of Mutation Prone Point that can Lead to Failure of Antiviral Therapy for Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Hepatitis C is an important blood borne infection caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Chronic inflammationinduced by this viral infection and its role in carcinogenesis are well recognized. The treatment of HCV infectionhas ...
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Pap Smear, Colposcopy and Biopsy Findings at Follow-up of Pap Smear Positive Women in North-east Thailand
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)As part of an ongoing project involving a large cohort in the Khon Kaen Province in the North-east of Thailand,a total of 236 women who had tested positive for a Pap smear at the initial recruitment and advised to seek ...
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Subjective Sonographic Assessment for Differentiation between Malignant and Benign Adnexal Masses
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Objective: To determine the accuracy of subjective sonographic assessment in distinguishing between benignand malignant adnexal masses. Study design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Methods: The ...
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The Importance of Clinical Epidemiology for Development of Appropriate Treatment Modalities for Asian Populations
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)The Asian countries with their own particular cultural background and risk factors differ from the Westernworld regarding their disease burden, including the incidences of different cancers. The lack of awareness andeffective ...
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A Method to Adjust for Ascertainment Bias in the Evaluation of Cancer Registry Data
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Using the trend of age-standardized incidence rate of cancers (ASR) is inaccurate for registration withincomplete reporting, especially in developing registries. The relative age-standardized ratio (RASR) is a newmeasure ...
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Can a Home-Visit Invitation Increase Pap Smear Screening in Samliem, Khon Kaen , Thailand ?
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Our objective was to assess the efficiency of a home-visit invitation aimed to increase uptake of cervical cancerscreening in women between 35 and 60 years of age. From May, 2006, we conducted a quasi-randomized trial ...
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Inhibition of Chemically Induced Carcinogenesis by Drugs Used in Homeopathic Medicine
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Homeopathy is considered as one modality for cancer therapy. However, there are only very few clinicalreports on the activity of the drugs, as well as in experimental animals. Presently we have evaluated the inhibitoryeffects ...
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Cancer Screening with Whole-body PET/CT for Healthy Asymptomatic People in Japan : Re-evaluation of its Test Validity and Radiation Exposure
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)The use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) or PET/CT for voluntary cancer screening of asymptomaticindividuals is becoming common in Japan, though the utility of such screening is still controversial. This studyestimated ...
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Genetic Instability in Cervical Cancer Detected by Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)The genetic instability in 54 Thai cervical cancer tissues were analyzed by Arbitrarily Primed PolymeraseChain Reaction (AP-PCR). The band alterations produced from 54 arbitrary primers were compared betweenthe DNA finger ...
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NAT2 and CYP1A2 Polymorphisms and Lung Cancer Risk in Relation to Smoking Status
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)We investigated the associations between lung cancer and the gene polymorphisms of the drug metabolizingenzymes, containing cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2), glutathione S-transferaseclass mu ...
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Acute Childhood Leukemias and Exposure to Magnetic Fields Generated by High Voltage Overhead Power Lines - A Risk Factor in Iran
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Many investigators have studied the effects of Extremely Low Frequency-Magnetic Fields generated byordinary and domestic power lines, as a risk factor in acute leukaemias of children, but there are limitedinformation ...
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Self-reported Childhood Physical Activity and Breast Cancer in Adulthood
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)The association between physical activity during childhood and breast cancer risk was examined. To study thisquestion data on physical activity in childhood were analyzed. A hospital-based case-control study of 250 ...
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Associations between Serum C-reactive Protein (CRP) Levels and Polymorphisms of CRP, Interleukin 1B, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Genes among Japanese Health Checkup Examinees
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive marker of acute inflammation, which is associated with risk ofcardiovascular and other chronic diseases. Some CRP polymorphisms are reported to affect the basal andstimulated CRP ...
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Preventive Effects of a Flavonoid Myricitrin on the Formation of Azoxymethane-induced Premalignant Lesions in Colons of Rats
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)The preventive effect of dietary exposure to a flavonoid myricitrin of azoxymethane (AOM)-induced aberrantcrypt foci (ACF) and beta-catenin-accumulated crypts (BCAC) formation was investigated in male F344 rats.Thirty-four ...
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Identification of Genetic Alterations in Thai Breast Cancer Patients by Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Genetic alterations prevalent in breastcancer are still being elucidated. In this report, changes in 30 breast cancer tissues, in compariosn with normaltissues ...
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PAP Smear Screening among Married Women Living in Osmangazi University ALPU Training Area
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)An inquiry including questions about socio-demographic and fecundity properties and covering the knowledgeand attitudes of women about Pap smears was applied to 585 women living in Alpu district of Eskisehir, Turkey.Smear ...
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Psychosocial Stressors, Social Support and Socio-demographic Variables as Determinants of Quality of Life of Turkish Breast Cancer Patients
(West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), 2007-01-01)Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of psychosocial stressors, social supportand socio-demographic variables on quality of life of breast cancer patients. Tools and methods: The study ...
