ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (opa) is a contagious and transmissible lung cancer of sheepresembling human bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma. in the present study, lungs of 9400 sheep slaughtered infars province, iran were examined morphopathologically. the opa was diagnosed in the lungs of 21(0.22%) out of 9400 sheep. frequency of involvement of different lobes in the affected lungs was includeda...

this study was aimed at determining intra and inter-observer concordance rates in the gleason scoring of prostatic adenocarcinoma, before and after a web-based educational course. in this self-controlled study, 150 tissue samples of prostatic adenocarcinoma are re-examined to be scored according to the gleason scoring system. then all pathologists attend a free web-based course. afterwards, the...

Primary clear cell adenocarcinomas most commonly involve the genitourinary system, including the vagina. Previously, primary clear cell adenocarcinomas of the vagina have been discussed within the context of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. Due to its widely proven role in the development of this carcinoma, administration of diethylstilbestrol is prohibited. We present two cases of non-...

pulmonary adenocarcinoma is one of the major types of lung cancers in which metastasis is not uncommon. hereby, we report a case of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with multiple muscular, cutaneous, pancreatic and peritoneal metastases. actually, all these features occurring in one patient makes it an extraordinary case. a rare anatomic variation, double inferior vena cava (ivcs), was another rare man...

The Fifth edition of the World Health Organization classification digestive system and American Joint Committee on Cancer staging manual contain substantial refinements information for esophageal tumors. epithelial tumors esophagus are classified as benign, dysplasia, malignant groups. Dysplasia is divided into Barrett dysplasia squamous graded either low-grade or high-grade. Malignant often ad...

abstract background and purposes: gastrointestinal cancers including stomach adenocarcinoma are very prevalent and one the main causes of death due to cancer. mazandaran has a high mortality rate of stomach adenocarcinoma. this study was proposed for estimation of survival time in patients with stomach adenocarcinoma. materials and methods: the study was historical cohort. the samples were the ...

the chloroform soluble fractions of ethanolic extracts of five inula belonging to the compositae family were evaluated for cytotoxic activity against five different cell lines including caco2 (human colon adenocarcinoma), mcf7 (human breast adenocarcinoma), hepg2 (human hepatocellular carcinoma), vero (green african monkey kidney) and wehi164 (balb c mouse fibrosarcoma). cytotoxicity was assess...

introduction: transient cavitations induced by low frequency irradiation of ultrasound can be used to treat tumors. previous studies in in-vitro experiments have shown that induced cavitation by dual or multiple frequencies of ultrasound is greater than induced cavitation by single frequency irradiation. in this study, we compared and evaluated the treatment effects of dual frequency irradiatio...

background and aim: the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological features of colorectal cancer in imam reza hospital in kermanshah, iran, in a five-year period. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study included all the patients (n=167) admitted to imam reza hospital in kermanshah over a five-year period, diagnosed with colorectal cancer through performing colonoscopy an...