from march 1980 to march 1989 a total number of 2254 (7.6%) new malignant cases from kerman province were diagnosed by examination of surgical specimens, blood films and bone marrow smears. the crude relative frequency of cancers was studied and compared with other areas of iran. gastric (11.36%) and urinary bladder (7.01 %) carcinomas were significantly more common in kerman province than othe...

Background: Salivary gland tumors are among malignancies that have high recurrence rate. Immune responses in salivary gland tumors have not been well elucidated. T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 cytokines have been reported to play a role in the outcome of head and neck cancers. Objective: To evaluate the serum levels of interferon gamma (IFN- γ), as the hallmark of Th1 cytokines, and interleukin-...

Introduction: Cyfra 21 is a serum-soluble fragment of cytokeratin19. Increased Cyfra 21 serum levels and their benefit as a tumor marker have been shown in some malignancies. This study aimed to evaluate the serum levels of Cyfra 21 in patients with benign and malignant salivary gland tumors. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the serum level of Cyfra 21 in 44 patients with m...

primary and secondary malignant central nervous system (cns) tumors are devastating invasive tumors able to give rise to many kinds of differentiated tumor cells. glioblastoma multiform (gbm), is the most malignant brain tumor, in which its growth and persistence depend on cancer stem cells with enhanced dna damage repair program that also induces recurrence and resists current chemo- and radio...

background: salivary gland tumors are among malignancies that have high recurrence rate. immune responses in salivary gland tumors have not been well elucidated. t helper type 1 (th1) and th2 cytokines have been reported to play a role in the outcome of head and neck cancers. objective: to evaluate the serum levels of interferon gamma (ifn- γ), as the hallmark of th1 cytokines, and interleukin-...

Snake venom, as a natural biotoxin, is widely present in nature and can act coordination with variety of signal regulatory proteins, playing significant role the regulation tumor cell proliferation, metastasis, invasion, angiogenesis. Malignant tumors have long attracted attention medical community leading cause death humans. In this paper, we focus on reviewing progress snake venom apoptosis, ...

Gliomas account for almost 80% of primary malignant brain tumors in adults. Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) is still the gold standard for diagnosis of brain tumors and brain 99mTc-tetrofosmin Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (99mTc-tetrofosmin-SPECT) has been established as a useful tool for their evaluation. Fluorine-18–2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emi...