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 (...
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...
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...
Background and Objectives: Designing of effective anticancer-based peptides has been challenging these days probably due to the instability of the peptides in serum as well as low sensitivity and resistance of cancer cells to these peptides. Methodology: published papers address...
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...
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...
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...