The article presents a clinical case of the successful application of photodynamic therapy with chlorine e6-based photosensitizer photolon in a patient with vulvar cancer in situ. The use of an exposure dose of light of 100 J/cm2 made it possible to achieve complete clinical and...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33532
Background: Renewed interest in induction chemotherapy for treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been made recently. Multiple phase III trials were going aiming to define the best candidate, and the best regimen for induction chemotherapy. We conducted this p...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33794
The article relates in general to intralipid and its use in cancer therapy. Specifically, it relates to the combined intralipid-urotherapy for treating cancer, and methods of such treatment. Cancer cells release various antigens, some of which appear in the urine. Combined oral I...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32940
Background: Medulloblastomas are the most common infratentorial malignant brain tumors with an incidence rate of 0.5 in 100.000 typically arising in childhood at age 5-9 years. Aim of Work: Exploring the epidemiological characteristics, treatment outcome and prognostic factors of...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33525
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare disorder of the non-Langerhans cell histiocytes with associated infiltration of multiple organ systems. Skeletal involvement is characteristically bilateral and symmetric, exhibiting an osteosclerotic pattern in the metaphysis and diaphysis...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32488
Background: Published data on breast cancer (BC) in Ghanaian women have not look at the relationships between pathological stage at diagnosis and the other clinico-pathological features. The aim of this study was to describe the relationships between the stage at diagnosis of BC...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33006
Aim: The study assessed the level of awareness on breast cancer and practice of breast self-examination among market women in Ido community, Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Study Design: It made use of a descriptive research design. Place of Study: The study was conducted at the...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32464
Objectives: To assess KRAS mutations in non-neoplastic and neoplastic nodular lesions of thyroid as the incidence of KRAS mutations in thyroid lesions in Pakistan has not been evaluated. Methods: The cross sectional study was conducted at Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32499
Sino nasal malignant melanoma is a very aggressive and rare neoplasm of the head and neck region. Less than 2% of all mucosal melanomas originate from the sino-nasal region demanding a high index of suspicion to diagnose these tumours. The patients developing sino-nasal melanomas...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32167
Background: New targeted therapies have revolutionized the treatment landscape of metastatic renal cell carcinoma over the last decade. Sunitinib has demonstrated high activity in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), still complete remission is not a common occurrence in patients. In pati...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/31424