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
Objective: Study the epidemiology, histology, time to onset, treatment and prognosis of radiation induced sarcomas. Observation: We report a case of sarcomas occurring in irradiated area, in a patient treated by external radiotherapy for left orbit cancer Discussion: Few series o...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/29776
Aishatu Omoragbon, Olusegun Emmanuel Gabriel, Olabode Muftau Shabi, Oluwaserimi Adewumi Ajetunmobi, Olayide Toyin Elegbede, Segun Mathew Agboola & Adebara Idowu Oluwaseyi·Journal of Cancer and Tumor International·2017
Aim: Cancer of the cervix is the third most common cancer among women worldwide, and in Nigeria it is the second most common female cancer. Infection with the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with an increased risk of prevalent, incident and persistent squamous in...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33231
The article presents a clinical case of the successful application of photodynamic therapy with chlorine e6-based photosensitizer photolon in a patient with vulvar cancer in situ. The use of an exposure dose of light of 100 J/cm2 made it possible to achieve complete clinical and...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33532
Background: Renewed interest in induction chemotherapy for treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been made recently. Multiple phase III trials were going aiming to define the best candidate, and the best regimen for induction chemotherapy. We conducted this p...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33794
The article relates in general to intralipid and its use in cancer therapy. Specifically, it relates to the combined intralipid-urotherapy for treating cancer, and methods of such treatment. Cancer cells release various antigens, some of which appear in the urine. Combined oral I...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32940
Background: Medulloblastomas are the most common infratentorial malignant brain tumors with an incidence rate of 0.5 in 100.000 typically arising in childhood at age 5-9 years. Aim of Work: Exploring the epidemiological characteristics, treatment outcome and prognostic factors of...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/33525
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare disorder of the non-Langerhans cell histiocytes with associated infiltration of multiple organ systems. Skeletal involvement is characteristically bilateral and symmetric, exhibiting an osteosclerotic pattern in the metaphysis and diaphysis...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/32488