chronic myelogenous leukemia (cml) is a stem cell disorder sometimes associated with lymphoproliferative disorders. cml may precede a lymphoproliferative disorder. there are a few reports showing associating of cml with multiple myeloma and we report a known cml case that transformed into a full-blown multiple myeloma. this patient had more than 69% of infiltrating myeloma cells in her bone mar...

conclusions our findings indicate that umbelliprenin exhibits concentration-dependent inhibitory effects on various cell types; it is potentially toxic against the ht29, ct26, mcf-7, 4t1, a172, and gl26 cell lines, potentially harmful against bmdscs, and non-toxic against pbmcs. therefore, if our results are approved in the future, umbelliprenin can be an appropriate candidate for developing tr...

aim: thyroid scan with sestamibi is used for evaluation of thyroid nodules with the aim of increasing specificity before surgery. in this study we evaluated the role of sestamibi thyroid scan in candidates for thyroid surgery. methods and patients: during two years, 37 patients were studied with solitary thyroid nodules, referred for thyroid surgery due to malignant or suspicious fnab results (...

background: during the past few years, hesa-a, a herbal-marine mixture, has been used to treat cancer as an alternative medicine in iran. however, weight of the evidence is not sufficient to accept or refuse the use of this compound as a cytotoxic drug. we investigated the selective anticancer effects of hesa-a on breast, prostate, colon, and glioblastoma multiforme (gbm) neoplastic cell lines....