background laryngeal cancer though accounts for only 1.5% of all malignant neoplasm. scientific evidence has shown that cancers of the oral cavity, larynx, lung and esophagus are associated with cigar smoking. the present study is to examine by case-control method the impact of smoking on laryngeal cancer. material and methods one hundred and six hospitalized cases of otolaryngology department ...

OBJECTIVES Patients diagnosed with RA have been at an increased risk of many cancers and at a decreased risk of some cancers. We planned to revisit the theme by using a nation-wide population of RA patients. METHODS An RA research database was constructed by identifying hospitalized RA patients from the Hospital Discharge Register and cancer patients from the Cancer Registry. Earlier studies ...

background : triple-negative breast cancers (tnbc) are defined as breast cancers with lack of estrogen and progesterone receptors and no overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (her2). this study was performed to determine the frequency and pathologic features of tnbc in iranian patients. subjects and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on patients with breast c...

background: cancer is usually accompanied by considerable stress for the sufferer, and the stress has destructive effects on chemotherapy treatment process. therefore, the current research deals with the effect of yoga laughter on the cancer patients’ stress before chemotherapy. methods: in this research, as the first step, 37 cancer sufferers , who had been hospitalized in shohada tajrish hosp...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between marijuana use and health outcomes among hospitalized patients, including those hospitalized with a diagnosis of cancer. A total of 387,608 current marijuana users were identified based on ICD-9 codes for marijuana use among hospitalized patients in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database between 2007 and 2011. Logistic regression...

the main concern with respect to discharge of patients from hospital after 131-i therapy is contamination of their surroundings and exposure of people who are in close contact with them. in this study, we evaluated absorbed dose received by homemates of these patients within one week of discharge from hospital. this study was based on 100 patients (23 patients with thyroid cancer together with ...

BACKGROUND Dynamic changes of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) among hospitalized patients with colorectal cancer were determined. MATERIALS AND METHODS This longitudinal, descriptive study involved 96 hospitalized patients with colorectal cancer, all recruited from a tertiary general hospital in Guangzhou, China. Patients completed questionnaires three times to assess the degree of fatigue, and ...

satisfaction with nursing care and related factors in hospitalized cancer patients in shahid ghazi hospital in tabriz     mogadasiyan s [1] , abdolahzadeh f [2] , rahmani a [3] ,nikanafar ar [4] , firoziyan aa [5] *     received: 5 may, 2013 accepted: 3 aug , 2013     abstract   background & aims : patient satisfaction with nursing services provided as an indicator of the quality of nursing car...