Rectal Carcinoma: Demographics and Clinicopathological Features from Pakistani Population Perspective

Rectal Carcinoma: Demographics and Clinicopathological Features from Pakistani Population Perspective

BACKGROUND Colorectal carcinoma is ranked as the second most common cancer diagnosis in females and third in males. It is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Disease burden has been attributed to a myriad of factors comprising genetic, environmental, and dietary factors. Rectal cancer has been shown to demonstrate variance according to the geographical location. METHOD...

Clinicopathological features and management of Pakistani patients with multiple myeloma.

OBJECTIVE Purpose of the study was to evaluate the clinicopathological features of multiple myeloma in Pakistan and to study the influence of therapeutic management in these cases. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 99 newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma seen from 1988 to 1996. Diagnostic criteria included bone marrow plasmacytosis, monoclonal gammopathy in serum or urine and radi...

features of short story in translated and non-translated literature: a polysystemic perspective

ترجمه متون ادبی در دنیای امروز از اهمیت ویژه ای برخوردار است. فرهنگ های مختلف با استفاده از متون ادبی ملل و فرهنگ های دیگر سعی در غنی کردن فرهنگ و ادبیات کشور خود دارند. کشور ما نیز از این قاعده مستثنی نیست. در ایران، ترجمه متون ادبی اروپائی که با دوران مشروطه ایرانی آغاز می شود موجب تغییرات اساسی در فرهنگ، شیوه زندگی و تفکر ایرانیان شده است. در این دوران نه تنها در امورات سیاسی و فکری کشور تغی...

Knowledge Economy from the Pakistani Perspective

Uterine Serous Carcinoma: Clinicopathological features, Precursor lesions and Molecular Alterations

Uterine serous carcinoma (USC), while only comprising 10-120% of all endometrial cases, accounts for nearly half the deaths caused by this disease. Its aggressive nature is highlighted by the high risk of recurrence seen even in patients with disease limited to the uterus. The biology of these tumors is underpinned by genetic and molecular features, which are clearly distinct from the endometri...