Alkaline Phosphatase (s-ALP) has been extensively used to monitor the disease and screen the patients for cancer metastasis. Both the baseline s-ALP and changes in s-ALP have been reported as prognostic factors for treatment effect and survival in bony and liver metastatic breast...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/26755
Background: Childhood malignant tumors are among diseases that cause death to children below 14 years. Although it is the second most common cause of death in children in developed countries, its magnitude in Africa is not well known. Aim: To determine the proportion of pediatric...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/29031
Background: Recently we reported the successful in vitro cultivation of prostatic epithelial and stromal cells from patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma of the prostate by liquid biopsy. In that study we noticed monocytes that were colonized by prostatic...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/28227
Introduction: The burden of cervical cancer is more in developing world where it is a major killer among reproductive age group. Available evidence suggests factors responsible for this escalating mortality among Nigerian women as lack of awareness and poor use of early detection...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/27118
Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSC) is a poorly differentiated and rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma. It is frequently seen in the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. Neuroendocrine tumors originate from the neuroendocrine system and may be seen at any site o...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/27384
Mandible remains a site of swelling for number of diseases including infection, cyst, and tumors. A few rare lesions without any pathognomic and radiological features may cause diagnostic predicament. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a rare form of extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/27809
Ocrizio Augusto de Oliveira Neto, Guilherme Lázaro de Carvalho Vasconcelos, Yuri de Abreu Mendonça, Juliana Castro Dourado Pinezi & Renata de Bastos Ascenço Soares·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2016
Aims: The head and neck cancer is one of the most common types and their treatment brings complications such as dermatitis, mucositis and dysphagia. Studies of genetic variations of patients are those that enable the identification of prognostic factors for treatment, generally b...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/27419
Our aim was to evaluate the role of breast feeding and parity (alive and abortion) in prevalence of breast cancer and secondary bone metastasis. For The study purpose 100 diagnosed females of breast cancer were selected. Proper history, especially about parity and lactation was s...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/26734
Mramba Nyindo, Abdul- Hamid Lukambagire, Lucy Mimano, Yona Kasebele, Frank B. Bright, Bartholomeo N. Ngowi & Kien A. Mteta·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2016
Background: Benign prostatic hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma are two major urological conditions of the human prostate gland. Benign prostatic hyperplasia is due to increase in stromal cells and adenocarcinoma of the prostate is cancer of the epithelial cells. Cellular studies of...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/27025
Aims of the Study: To investigate the general histopathological pictures found in the udder tissue of camel (Camelus dromedarius) with emphasis on different types of tumors. Place and Duration of Study: The study was undertaken in the Department of Pathology, Central Veterinary R...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/24542
Primary pulmonary sarcomas (PPS) are aggressive tumors that are ideally treated with complete surgical resection, although seldom possible. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy have proven to be inadequate as second-line in the majority of cases, requiring investigation into novel appro...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/26676
Introduction: With improved antenatal care in south India, increase in number of hospital visits by the pregnant women is in turn increasing the detection rate of benign conditions like ovarian cysts during ultrasound. When the benign ovarian cysts are detected, there are various...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/20397
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the serum levels of sex hormones and gonadotropins as well as the expression of oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epithelial receptor 2 (HER 2) in pre and postmenopausal women with breast cancer. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/25259
Dipti Rani Samanta, Surendra Nath Senapati, Tapan Kumar Sahoo, Puspanjali Khuntia, Saumyaranjan Mishra, Sandeep Satapathy & Rabi Narayan Mallick·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2016
Aims: This paper uses the parameter-based correlation to Nottingham prognostic indexwith specific attempt for histologic grade/ nuclear atypia. Place and Duration of the Study: The retrospective analysis was conducted at Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Research Centre and Hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/25232
Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, Ato Ampomah Brown, Kafui P. Akakpo, Ernest Addae, Dennis Amoah, Emmanuel Diabor & Solomon E. Quayson·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2016
Objective: The aim of the study was to find out the incidence of gallbladder carcinoma in cholecystectomy specimen and the histological types from Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Methods: The study was a retrospective study using findings from 507 cholecystectomy specimen that...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/24468