Oxidant/Antioxidant Status of Breast Cancer Patients in Pre- and Post-Operative Periods

Serum polyamines in pre- and post-operative patients with breast cancer corrected by menopausal status.

Polyamines are essential for cell growth and differentiation of cells and its increased production is observed in many cancers. Due to one of key enzymes in polyamine synthesis ornithine decarboxylase is stimulated by estrogens in breast cancer cells, the polyamine levels in serum samples obtained from patients with breast cancer (BCa; pre-menopause: 45.6+/-0.8 years old, n=58; post-menopause: ...

Evaluation of alkaline phosphatase in pre and post operative breast cancer patients

Timing of paclitaxel treatment in pre‐operative or post‐operative does not affect survival in breast cancer patients

BACKGROUND Two epirubicin and paclitaxel-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens were compared in breast cancer patients. METHODS We enrolled 309 breast cancer patients who received two types of regimens: cyclophosphamide + epirubicin dose-dense neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by sequential postoperative paclitaxel single-drug medication, and paclitaxel + epirubicin standard neoadjuvant che...

Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care of Surgical Patients

Study of Correlation of Pre-Operative Findings with Intra-Operative Ossicular Status in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media

Introduction: Chronic otitis media (COM) has been broadly classified into mucosal and squamous subtypes. COM types are associated with erosion of the ossicular chain. The aim of the present study was to correlate the type of COM, the site of perforation/retraction, and the type of disease pathology with the pattern and degree of ossicular chain necrosis.   Materials and Methods: A prospecti...