objective: the aim of the present study was to evaluate unstimulated salivary flow rate and oral symptoms in menopausal women. materials and methods: a total of 200 individuals including 100 women in their menopause (case group) and 100 men in the same age range (control group) participated in this analytic descriptive investigation. none of the patients were being treated for any systemic dise...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders which includes the majority section of general practitioners or gastroenterologists visits. the type or prevalence of clinical signs and symptoms of the syndrome may be different among males and females. we decided to assess and compare the frequency of different signs and symptoms of ibs in men a...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe prevalence, duration, severity, and distress of chemotherapy-related gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, and evaluate inclusion of clinically relevant GI symptom items on cancer symptom questionnaires.
. DESIGN Longitudinal descriptive design.
. SETTING Inpatient and outpatient hematology settings.
. SAMPLE 105 adults with a hematologic malignancy receiving thei...

background: hyperprolactinemia is the most common endocrine disorder in hypothalamic-pituitary axis and has been reported in variable levels in patients with overt primary hypothyroidism. we decided to determine the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and clinical related symptoms in subclinical hypothyroidism patients. methods: in this cross sectional study, prolactin levels of 481 subclinical hy...

BACKGROUND To compare the periodical incidence rates of genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity in patients who underwent prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy between the monotherapy group (seed implantation alone) and the boost group (in combination with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT)). METHODS A total of 218 patients with a median follow-up of 42.5 months were enrolled...

Excess of reduced iron (Fe 2+ ) will affect the plant growth rice when it is grown under waterlogged condition. Some genotypes have been identified tolerance to toxicity with different mechanism-type tolerance. This study aims identify response some toxicity, and evaluate their consistency in greenhouse screening method field The experiments were conducted hotspot area, Banyuasin (South Sumater...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to describe the effect of pretreatment prostate volume on urinary quality of life after intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for clinically localized prostate cancer. METHODS A total of 368 men treated with prostate IMRT (77.4-81 Gy) were stratified into three gland volume groups, ie, <30 g (group 1), 30-60 g (group 2), and >60 g (group 3). Post-IM...

BACKGROUND To assess genitourinary (GU) function and toxicity in patients treated with image-guided proton therapy (PT) for early- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer and to analyze the impact of pretreatment urinary obstructive symptoms on urinary function after PT. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two prospective trials accrued 171 prostate cancer patients from August 2006 to September 2007. Low-risk...

PURPOSE We evaluated our experience with low-dose-rate salvage brachytherapy for local recurrence after primary prostate radiotherapy, and described the changes in lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 2011 and 2016, eight men with local recurrence after primary prostate radiotherapy underwent iodine-125 salvage brachytherapy with a pres...

stachys lavandulifolia is used as the herbal tea and its wide and potent medical effects have been reported for the extract in animal studies. this study aimed to find the safety profile of the extract to find the appropriate doses for further human studies. the aerial parts of the plant were air-dried and the hydroalcoholic extract was obtained and concentrated by percolation method with 140 m...