Eman Abdel Sameea, Talaat Zakareya, Khaled Metwaly, Anas Abdel Rahman, Howyda Mohammed Kamal & Wafaa Mohammed Abdalla·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2017
Background: Although hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancy related mortality worldwide, it can be curable if detected in early stages. Axiomatically, emergence of a new marker for early prediction of HCC could enable to apply the proper treatment str...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35735
Background: Dp103 is a multifunctional protein which binds and unwinds RNA secondary structures, therefore plays a vital role in RNA metabolism from birth to death. Aims: The present study aimed to evaluate both serum levels and tissue expressions of Dp103 and explored their poss...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35052
The primary incidence of skin melanoma in the Republic of Belarus over 25 years (from 1991 through 2015) has increased 3.3-fold (from 2.6 to 9.0 per 100,000 population). A higher level of urban population incidence, a large proportion of people affected at the employable age. In...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33797
Objective: Study the epidemiology, histology, time to onset, treatment and prognosis of radiation induced sarcomas. Observation: We report a case of sarcomas occurring in irradiated area, in a patient treated by external radiotherapy for left orbit cancer Discussion: Few series o...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/29776
Aishatu Omoragbon, Olusegun Emmanuel Gabriel, Olabode Muftau Shabi, Oluwaserimi Adewumi Ajetunmobi, Olayide Toyin Elegbede, Segun Mathew Agboola & Adebara Idowu Oluwaseyi·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2017
Aim: Cancer of the cervix is the third most common cancer among women worldwide, and in Nigeria it is the second most common female cancer. Infection with the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with an increased risk of prevalent, incident and persistent squamous in...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33231
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