Thirteen epidemiologic studies of ingested asbestos conducted in five areas of the United States and Canada were reviewed and evaluated for the definitiveness and applicability regarding the development of ambient water quality standards. One or more studies found male or female associations between asbestos in water supplies and cancer mortality (or incidence) due to neoplasms of the esophagus...

CANCERS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM-PART II SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND MONITORING 34 Esophageal Cancer 34 Stomach Cancer 34 Liver Cancer 35 Pancreatic Cancer 36 Colorectal Cancer 37 Occult blood 37 Flexible sigmoidoscopy 37 Tumor markers 38 Genetic testing 38 Screening of high risk groups 38 Radioimmunoscintigraphy 39 Gallbladder Cancer 39 Cancer of the Small Intestine 39 Anal Cancer 40 CURRENT THER...

Cancer is a critical health threat in the world. It has an ongoing increasing trend.The aim of this study was to describe the trend, most common types of cancer and the gender ratio of cancer in Iran and its provinces. We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Science directs from 2000 to 2017 using Keywords including “Cancer”, “Neoplasms”, “Malignancy”, “Tumor”, “Incidence”, “Epidemiolog...

Studies of pancreatic cancer in the setting of second primary malignant neoplasms can provide etiologic clues. An international multicenter study was carried out using data from 13 cancer registries with a registration period up to year 2000. Cancer patients were followed up from the initial cancer diagnosis, and the occurrence of second primary malignant neoplasms was compared with expected va...

Gastric cancer (GC) has high mortality owing to its aggressive nature. Tumor angiogenesis plays an essential role in the growth, invasion, and metastatic spread of GC. The aim of this work was to review the angiogenic biomarkers related to the behavior of GC, documented in the literature. A search of the PubMed database was conducted with the MeSH terms: "Stomach neoplasms/blood [MeSH] or stoma...

The carcinogenicity of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) has been demonstrated in several species for a variety of tissues, particularly the nervous system. Boxer dogs, a breed with a high incidence of spontaneous tumors (in cluding brain tumors), were exposed to MNU to determine their susceptibility to MNU and to compare the induced tumors with the types of tumors reported in the literature. Twenty...

The carcinogenicity of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) has been demonstrated in several species for a variety of tissues, particularly the nervous system. Boxer dogs, a breed with a high incidence of spontaneous tumors (in cluding brain tumors), were exposed to MNU to determine their susceptibility to MNU and to compare the induced tumors with the types of tumors reported in the literature. Twenty...

Gastric carcinoid tumors (GCs) are rare lesions representing less than 10% of carcinoid tumors and less than 1% of all stomach neoplasms. There are three distinct types of gastric carcinoids; type I includes the vast majority (70-85%) of these neoplasms that are closely linked to chronic atrophic gastritis. Type II which accounts for 5-10 %, is associated with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and oft...

Multiple primary malignant neoplasms are two or more malignancies in an individual without any relationship between the tumors. Multiple primary malignancies are relatively rare but have increased in recent decades. Two cancers are commonly observed among those with multiple primary malignancies, but two malignancies of stomach and liver are relatively rare to be reported. Mechanisms of the tum...

The aspartic proteinase cathepsin D was purified from human spleen and localised in various formalin fixed paraffin embedded human tissues using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique. Cathepsin D was shown not only in macrophages but also in other connective tissue cells, and in epithelium. It was present in spleen (littoral cells and cells within Malpighian bodies), liver (hepatocytes ...