Cancer is a big public health problem as well as a medical challenge. The tumor-associated carbohydrateantigens and glycopeptide antigens derived from, for example, the MUC1 mucin glycoprotein or tumor mucinantigen, are ...

The objective of this study was undertaken to evaluate the factors affecting residual lesion in women withadenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) on cervical conization specimens. The medical records of women with AIS whohad no ...

Information on cancer patterns is an important basis for determining the priorities for cancer control indifferent countries worldwide. There is no reliable information about the incidence or pattern of cancer inNepal and ...

Although colorectal cancer is one of the leading malignancies worldwide, there are few data on aetiologicalrelationships from the Asia-Pacific region. Therefore, a collaborative study was conducted involving over half ...

Background: Primary lymphoma of genitourinary system is rare as these organs do not contain lymphoidtissue, however secondary involvement often occurs. The most commonly affected genitourinary organ is thekidney. ...

Objectives: To determine the tumour and general characteristics, especially survival, of patients presentingwith hepatocellular carcinoma at our tertiary care cancer hospital. Patients and methods: We ...

Background: Chinese and South Asians are among the fastest growing minority populations in Canada;however little is known about the burden of cancer in these populations. Objective:The objective is to ...

Black tea is more widely consumed than green tea worldwide, particularly in India. Therefore, it is necessaryto focus attention on black tea with respect to its health promoting and anti-cancer actions. In order to ...

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are enzymes that involved in bio- transformation by conjugation ofelectrophillic compounds to glutathione. Polymorphisms within genes that encode GSTs may affect the functionof the enzymes. ...

A total of 140 cases of histologically confirmed oral cancer were evaluated for their demographic details,dietary habits and addiction to tobacco and alcohol using a pre-designed structured questionnaire at the MahatmaGandhi ...

The Japan Multi-institutional Collaborative Cohort Study (J-MICC Study) launched in 2005, supported bya research grant for Scientific Research on Special Priority Areas of Cancer from the Japanese Ministry ofEducation, ...

Background and Purpose: According to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) cancer stagingcriteria (6th edition), cross-sectional imaging for base of tongue carcinoma is recommended when the deeptissue extent of a ...

Cancer is a disease which shows significant variation with time and across geographical entities. In Basrah,Iraq, despite the widespread impression that cancer is increasing, researchers are not yet able to draw clearboundaries ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genesin patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In samples from 34 lung patients with malignant pleuraleffusions, ...

Communicable diseases are still major causes of deaths in developing countries. Cancer incidence, however,increased 19% between 1990 and 2000, mainly in this same developing world (Stewart and Kleihaus, 2003), andmalignant ...

DNA repair systems play an important role in maintaining the integrity of the human genome. Deficiency inthe repair capacity due to either mutations or inherited polymorphisms in DNA repair genes may contribute tovariations ...

The purpose of this study was to report the prevalence of Vietnamese households with smokers and examinePapanicolau (Pap) testing among Vietnamese American women living in households with and without smokers.In 2002, we ...

Background. Chinese North American women have high invasive cervical cancer rates and low screeningrates. The cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve Pap testing rates for Chinese women living in Seattle,Washington and ...

Treatment for metastatic melanoma has mostly been unsatisfactory despite advances in ongoing medicalresearch. Here we investigated the role of acivicin, a glutamine analogue, singly and in combination with eitherE. coli ...