background: more than 250,000 people die annually of pancreatic cancer, worldwide. the highest incidence and mortality rates of pancreatic cancer are reported in developed countries. in developing countries the rate have been stabilizing over the past two decades but in countries which rates have been low for decades is now increasing. recognizing pancreatic cancer's risk factors and its preven...

BACKGROUND Most health authorities do not recommend screening for prostate cancer with PSA tests in asymptomatic patients who are not at increased risk. However, opportunistic screening for prostate cancer is still wanted by many patients and it is widely used in primary care clinics, with potential for overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Better tools for risk assessment have been called for, to b...

results in this study, 57.8% males and 42.2% females participated, while the mean age of the patients was 68.46 years old, and the mean age of the healthy individuals was 59.79 years old. the findings of this study showed a family history of cancer, anemia, and smoking, and associations with education, occupation, socioeconomic status, blood group, consumption of hot drinks, as well as a histor...

One in nine women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime (Canadian Cancer Society, 2007). Hereditary breast cancer accounts for only five to 10 per cent of all breast cancers. However, women carrying a single high-penetrance gene mutation have a 40% to 80% chance of developing breast cancer (Fackenthal & Olopade, 2007). Most of these breast cancers occur in women under the age of 50. The BR...

This study evaluates the influence of genetic polymorphism at GSTM1, GSTM3 and GSTT1 gene loci on oral cancer risk among Indians habituated to the use of, smokeless tobacco, bidi or cigarette. DNA extracted from white blood cells of 297 cancer patients and 450 healthy controls by the proteinase K phenol-chloroform extraction procedure were analyzed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR...