Background: Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in microRNA (miRNA) genes, miR-149 C>T (rs2292832) and miR-499 A>G (rs3746444), may be associated with risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the results remain controversial. Available evidence was meta-analyzed to assess the potential association. Methods: PubMed/Medline, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, CBM databases, a...

OBJECTIVE Circulating tumor cells are isolated tumor cells in the peripheral blood that serve as important prognostic indicators for many kind of tumors. The study was conducted to know the rate of detection of circulating tumor cells among breast cancer patients in comparison with benign breast diseases and control subjects and to know the association between CTC positivity and various clinico...