background:  allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-hsct) is used as treatment of choice for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (aml). we aimed to evaluate the prognostic factors in 2-year overall survival of patients with non-m3 aml who underwent allogenic hsct. methods: this is a cross sectional retrospective study. demographic data and study of variables such as age, sex,...

background: high-grade astrocytoma (grade 4) or glioblastoma multiforme (gbm) are deadly brain tumors. new therapies attempt to increase lifetime and quality of life in patients with malignant astrocytoma. o6-methylguanine-dna methyltransferase (mgmt) enzyme expression may be effective in prognosis and response to treatment of these patients. the aim of this study was assessment of mgmt enzyme ...

background: recent researches have led to find strategies to prevent relapse and to improve survival for gastric cancer patients, including preoperative neo-adjuvant approaches. however, the efficacy of some neo-adjuvant regimens including 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, and docetaxel have been less investigated. the present study evaluated the outcome and mid-term survival of patients with gastric ...

there had been few if any study for second pancreas transplant outcome and consequences in patients with simultaneous kidney pancreas transplant after failure of the first pancreas allograft. the aim of this study was to compare the patient and graft survival and clinical outcomes and complication of the second pancreas transplant in patients with simultaneous kidney pancreas, compared with pan...

This study was conducted  to evaluate the antifungal effects of garlic (Allium sativum) and wormwood (Artemisia sieberia) 80-85% purity ethanolic extracts on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs incubation and larvae survival rate. The experimental group divided to three different doses of garlic (50,100,200 ppm), wormwood (25, 50, 100 ppm), green malachite (2 ppm) as positive control group...

Background and Aim: In recent decades, the survival rates of the children with cancer have improved significantly and their five-year survival rates have reached 80%, but there are still many concerns about the survival of adolescents and young people. Methods and Materials: In this retrospective study, the data of 310 children and adults with leukemia in Kurdistan Province were extracted from...

the present research was aimed to study the effects of different sources of carotenoids and their varying concentrations on the reproductive functions of goldfish. the study was carried out in seven treatments with three replicates at the bony fish hatchery complex (rasht, iran) from december 2011 to may 2012. experimental diets containing 50, 100, and 150 mg kg-1 astaxanthin and 50, 100, and 1...

background: candida albicans is one of the most important opportunistic pathogens that suppress immunologic mechanisms of the host. it is speculated that structural and secretory proteins of c. albicans have immunomodulatory effects in cancer. objective: to evaluate the effects of c. albicans structural and secreted proteins on intratumoral cd4/cd8 ratio as well as the survival rate in balb/c t...