background : ardabil cancer registry is the first population-based cancer registry in iran that was established in 2000. the first report from this registry revealed that ardabil has one of the highest rate of gastric cardia cancer and the lowest rate of cer­vical cancer in the world. we aim to update the cancer incidence in this area by the second follow up report from this registry. method : ...

introduction: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of carboplatin plus paclitaxel in patients with advanced locoregional recurrence and metastatic endometrial cancer. patient and method: 32 eligible patients (median age 62, range 41-72) with measurable endometrial cancer were treated with carboplatin (auc= 6) and paclitaxel (175 mg/m 3 ) every 4 weeks for 6 cycles, or, until disease progression ...

background: breast cancer is the most incident cancer and the fifth cause of death due to malignancies among iranian women. a strong breast cancer patients' sense of meaning and purpose in life appears to decrease anxiety in their life. the present study has investigated the effectiveness of group logotherapy on the reduction of anxiety in women with breast cancer. methods: the research was qua...

objective(s):cytochrome p-450 1a1 is an important enzyme in the first phase of the metabolism of some carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs), as well as estrogen. the present study evaluates the existence of cyp1a1 polymorphism in a number of breast cancer samples. materials and methods: one hundred breast cancer patients and the same number of healthy controls were analyze...

introduction and aims: previous reports show a high proportion of young crc patients in iran. in this study we aim to look for the clustering of colorectal cancer in families of a series of crc patients from iran. materials and methods: the family history of cancer is traced in 449 crc patients of which 112 were 45 years or younger and 337 were older than 45years at time of diagnosis. the patie...

background: we evaluated the efficacy of a simple belly-board device (bbd) designed and made in our department for reduction of small bowel inside the post-operative pelvic radiotherapy fields of rectal carcinomas. methods: a very simple bbd was designed and manufactured in our department. it was made of acrylic glass, and was 128 cm long, 40 cm wide, and 9 cm high, with a 25x25 cm square openi...

abstract background: gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers in our country. recent studies have shown that adenocarcinoma of the cardia and distal stomach has increased in the past 25 years. however demographic data is lacking in this regard. methods: this study is a retrospective case series study. all records from 460 consecutive patients who were documented pathologically to have g...

background: aging population and prevalence of diseases like cancer among them have affected general health of the elderly, so that one of the influential factors on health components of elderly patients with cancer is death anxiety, which has important consequences in them. methods: in this cross-sectional (descriptive correlational) study, 130 elderly patients with cancer undergoing chemother...

background: depression and anxiety had negative effects on the quality of life of cancer patients, thus hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads) is a useful instrument for screening these problems. this research was performed to assess the prevalence of their anxiety and depression. methods: from 2012-2013, one hundred fifty patients with recent diagnosis of different cancers in babol, iran...

dendritic cells (dcs) are antigen presenting cells with unique capability to take up and process antigens in the peripheral blood and tissues. they subsequently migrate to draining lymph nodes where they present these antigens and stimulate naive t lympho-cytes. during their life cycle, dcs go through two maturation stages and are referred to as immature and mature cells, respectively. while im...