introduction: although surgery is the corner stone of treatment for esophageal cancer, there have been widespread efforts to find new methods of treatment .therefore, neoadjuant crt certainly increases the rate of resectability and 3 years survival .in our research, we reviewed effects of neoadjuant rct on short-term complications and hospital mortalities. materials & methods: 114 cases of esop...

background: in some areas of ramsar, a city in northern iran, residents receive a much higher annual radiation exposure than is permitted for radiation workers. induction of adaptive response in residents of ramsar has been reported previously. in this study induction of such a response in short term exposure to high background levels of gamma radiation is investigated. materials and methods: f...

Smoking cessation is cost effective from a long-term perspective, but less is known about its short-term cost-effectiveness. Short-term health benefits are clear for certain groups, such as cardiovascular patients, pregnant women and patients undergoing surgery. Smoking cessation reduces overall mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cancer-related mortality within 5 years of quitting, and, in...