This passion of our kind

This is dedicated to our former chairman Dr. Mahmoud Rohani

The NHI - where should the passion of our focus be?

Spectrum of Malignant Transformation in Marjolins Ulcer: Our Experience of This Rare Phenomenon

  Background & Objective: Chronic non healing ulcers or scar undergoing malignant transformation is a rare phenomenon with an estimated incidence of 2%. Though, numerous predisposing factors have been identified, still it is rarely diagnosed and commonly mistaken for a benign condition. The objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of the Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology/ Scrape cytolo...

Will our civilisation survive this century?

Roman remains: Extensive ruins such as those of the Roman colony of Thamugadi (Timgad) in modern-day Algeria remind us that civilisations can and do collapse. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/PhR61.) In 100 AD, the Roman emperor Trajan founded a new colony in Northern Africa, which he called colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi or Thamugadi for short. Planned to cover a surface of 12 hectares with its s...

Let This Be Our New Year's Pledge

2016 was a remarkable year, a year of significant advances in cancer biology and treatment, a year of social and political transition, and a year of sadness for those of us who have lost dear friends in the field of cancer research. Please join us as we share some reflections on these events. Cancer immunotherapy clearly occupies center stage in treatment research. At the clinical end, we have ...