Aims: To evaluate the expression and the possible prognostic impact of the tissue-based protein ADAM17 in node-negative breast cancer and investigate its association with clinical and pathological features to aid in differentiating indolent node-negative breast cancer from aggres...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35955
Introduction: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a slow growing tumour with limited metastatic potential. However it acquires aggressive attributes as it enlarges or if it recurs following excision. The fibrosarcomatous (FS) variant of DFSP has a higher propensity for loca...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35247
Introduction: The oxaliplatin neurotoxicity is one of two distinct phases: an acute and a dose-limiting cumulative phase. Large doses of I.V Ca & Mg is given before and after oxaliplatin in FOLFOX protocol. Aim: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Ca & Mg in improving or...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35988
Introduction: Milky spots in greater omentum are primary sites for seeding of exfoliated cells from intra-abdominal malignancies. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma and the greater omentum is usually resected en-bloc. Aim: To study the histopathologi...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35246
Shyam Aggarwal, Sachin Minhas, Mayank Jauhri, Yogender Shokeen, Madhusudan Ganvir, Manish Pungliya, C. T. Sateesh, H. P. Shashidhara & Shekar Patil·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2017
Aim: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are a new class of drugs that are proven to be more efficacious than chemotherapy in certain cancers including lung cancer. However, the efficacy of TKIs may vary in different global populations as different ethnic populations have different...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35710
A 60-year-old patient complaining of pain and elevation of the right scrotal contents, who had been treated for pancreatic cancer, was suspected of having spermatic cord tumor. He underwent high orchiectomy for pain management and pathological diagnosis. The tumor was a metastati...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35465
Aims: To assess in advanced lung cancer patients’, reported symptoms burden, their QOL, and to identify determinant factors associated with their QOL in 2 healthcare departments. Study Design: A cross sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was carried out dur...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35636
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