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
Background: Colorectal cancers (CRCs) are common malignancies in Ghana. The aim of the study was to describe the trend and the clinico-pathological characteristics of CRCs in our institution by a retrospective study. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study in the De...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2016/24745
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