Prostate cancer is the most common and second leading cause of death among men in the world. Nowadays, radiotherapy has been known as one of the most affecting methods for prostate cancer treatment. Nevertheless, radiotherapy is accompanied by the concern of developing secondary cancers by the scattered radiation to the neighbor  organs at risk. Several studies have shown that secondary cancers...

Patient's question " Doctor, please wait before rushing off. I have a question for you. Do I have cancer? Please be direct and honest with me, and explain to me the truth about what you know about cancer in a manner that I, as a layman, will be able to understand what you tell me. Most importantly, what is cancer, and what causes cancer? If I have cancer, how long will I live, and will I have j...

background: population based research contributes to our understanding of cancer at many levels. for health program planning and policy making it is important to have information about the incidence of the common cancers in the population. descriptive epidemiologic studies measure the occurrence of cancer and other health-related factors in relation to person (e.g. age, sex, race, social class,...

background: a case-control study was carried out to investigate the roles of prior allergies and family history of cancers and their interaction in the etiology of adult leukemia. methods: prior allergies status and family history of cancers in first-degree relatives were compared between 131 incident leukemia cases and 206 hospital-based controls. odds ratios (or) were estimated using an uncon...