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Cytological Analysis of Cervical Papanicolaou Smears in a Tertiary Hospital in Calabar, Nigeria

Godstime I. Irabor, Dominic Akpan, Ejemen G. Aigbe, Gift E. Irabor, Omoruyi A. Kenneth, Ayodele J. Omotoso, Edoise Isiwele & Iyere Irabor · International Research Journal of Oncology · 2018

Background: Cancer of the cervix is caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV) which infects the uterine cervical epithelium. The Papanicolaou smear is a type of exfoliative cytology. Exfoliative cytology is the study of cells desquamated or shed from the body surfaces (...

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Differential miRNA Expression in Oral Cancer Oncosomes: A Pilot In vitro Study

Dannica Brennan, Kunal Patel, Nicole Howard, Karl Kingsley & Katherine Howard · International Research Journal of Oncology · 2018

Aims: Exosomes are small membranous secreted vesicles (30-120 nm) believed to function as intercellular messengers delivering their cargo of RNA and protein to target cells. While many cells secrete exosomes, cancer cells have been found to produce higher numbers of exosomes than...

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Frequency of ABCB1 Polymorphisms in Breast Cancer Patients in South Egypt Cancer Institute by High-Resolution Melting Curve Analysis (Pilot Study)

Hosney Badrway, Abeer Ibrahim, Abeer Mostafa & Dina Ismail Abd El Razik · International Research Journal of Oncology · 2018

Introduction and Aim of the Work: The ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporter family contributes to the multidrug resistance the genetic variants of this gene have been intensively studied so far.  Some single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) of ABCB1 has a correlation with the risk...

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Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life of Women with Breast Cancer

Efrossini Lyraraki, Maria Malliarou, Panagiotis Bamidis & Pavlos Sarafis · International Research Journal of Oncology · 2018

Purpose: The primary aim of this research was to detect and to assess anxiety, depression in women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy. The study was conducted in the Department of Radiotherapy at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete during October 2015 and April 20...

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A Giant Extraskeletal Chondroma of the Foot: A Case Report

S. Benzarti, M. A. Triki, H. Kaziz, T. Mouelhi, M. L. Ben Ayeche & N. Naouar · International Research Journal of Oncology · 2018

Chondromas and osteochondromas are common benign bone tumors frequently located in the small bones of hands and feet. Extraskeletal chondromas are much rarer and are exceptional if their size exceeds 3 cm. We report an exceptional case of a giant extraskeletal chondroma of the fo...

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Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: Clinical Outcome (Mansoura University)

Abeer Hussien Anter & Mohamed Farouk Akl · International Research Journal of Oncology · 2018

Purpose: In this study, we describe the efficacy and safety of hypo fractionated radiotherapy in treating patients with localized prostate cancer. Patients and Methods: A total of 70 patients diagnosed with localized (T1-T2) prostatic adenocarcinoma. Low and intermediate risk gro...

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