background: the locally advanced head and neck cancer with fixed nodes are incurable and has a short survival. this study aims to evaluate the symptom relief, disease response and acute toxicity after palliative hypofractionated radiotherapy. methods: between december 2010 to june 2011, previously untreated 50 patients who had histopathologically proved of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma ...

experimental infection of muscovy ducks with v4 strain of newcastle disease virus was undertaken to determine the response of the ducks to the virus and the possibility of virus transmission to ducks and chickens in village like conditions. twelve ducks were randomly and equally divided into three groups of control, inoculated and in-contact. additionally, the chickens were placed into two grou...

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in many regions of Iran, including the city of Mashhad. In recent years, some cases have not responded to Glucantime, the usual treatment for this disease. The cellular immune response caused by T-helper type 1 (Th1) cells has an important role in protection against leishmaniasis, and activation of the T-helper type 2 (Th2) response caus...

multiple myeloma (mm) characterized by proliferation of plasma cells in bone marrow and production of monoclonal immunoglobulin's. recently, arsenic trioxide (ato), has been considered for treatment refractory mm. we assessed the safety and efficacy of ato for patients with refractory mm. a phase 2, study of arsenic trioxide was conducted in 12 mm patients, whose refractory to two standard ther...

Experimental infection of Muscovy ducks with V4 strain of Newcastle disease virus was undertaken to determine the response of the ducks to the virus and the possibility of virus transmission to ducks and chickens in village like conditions. Twelve ducks were randomly and equally divided into three groups of control, inoculated and in-contact. Additionally, the chickens were placed into two grou...