Upper gastrointestinal cancers are common and account for a high proportion of cases of cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Combined-modality therapy with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy is standard treatment for esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancers. For gastric cancer, the need to include radiation therapy appears to depend on the quality of the surgery performed. ...

Gallbladder carcinoma and carcinoma of the bile ducts are relatively rare cancers in the United States. These cancers are often diagnosed in an advanced stage due to their nonspecific symptomatology and until recently have been associated with a dismal prognosis. Recent advances in imaging and surgical techniques along with emerging options in palliative chemotherapy have improved the outlook i...

background: there is a variation in trends of oral cancers all over the world. many studies have reported evidence of increasing incidence in oral cancers during recent years. the purpose of this study was to investigate time trends and changes in demographic distribution of oral cancers incidence in isfahan during 1991-2010. materials and methods: in this retrospective analytic study, we colle...

a thorough recognition of the nature and duties of the genes is based upon having adequate information about the proteins. however, the proteomic projects follow a slow trend; therefore, solving the protein-related problems has become as one of the most important challenges in bio-informatics. consequently, the presence of tools which can enhance the structural recognition, classification, and ...

cancer registration is an important source for measuring the burden of cancer in a population. in practice, however, quite frequently incorrect patients are registered or data items can be inaccurately recorded or not recorded at all. also the process or quality of these registrations varies among countries. in this paper, we briefly discussed some statistical techniques including; mortality an...

Abstract The commensal microflora collection known as microbiota has an essential role in maintaining the host's physiological homeostasis. a vital induction and regulation of local systemic immune responses. On other hand, system involves compositions. Optimal microbiota-immune cross-talk is for protective responses to pathogens tolerance self harmless environmental antigens. Any change this s...