background: gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma are the second and the fifth most common cancers in iran, respectively. expression of cytokeratin 7 (ck7) is established in most malignancies including gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma. demonstration of ck7 could be related to prognostic factors and help to the better management of the patients. the objective of our study was to evaluate th...

Renal transplantation has been performed for more than 35 years with a large success. However, the organ tolerance has to be associated with the induction and the maintenance of an immunosuppressive status in the patient which induces the development of skin cancers. Skin cancers are considered to be the most frequent tumours in transplant patients. The incidence of skin cancer is increased in ...

Like in every type of cancer, in skin cancer the efficiency of the medical treatment is very important. In the present paper, a Bayesian model for the management of this disease is given, and a medical index to measure the effectiveness of treatment from medical, economical, and quality of life point of view is presented, taking into account some of the patients characteristics.

Non-melanoma skin cancers are a common reality worldwide. The principal cause that determines the occurrence of these diseases is the exposition of the sun, which principally causes an alteration in the immune system. Therefore, it is possible that other forms of innate or acquired alterations of the immune system could favor the occurrence of non-melanoma skin cancers. For example, several stu...

Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most prevalent cancer in light-skinned populations, and includes mainly Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCC), representing around 75% of NMSC and Squamous Cell Carcinomas (SCC). The incidence of these tumors is continuously growing. It was found that the overall number of procedures for NMSC in US rose by 76%, from 1,158,298 in 1992 to 2,048,517 in 2006. Although mo...

In this chapter, various intralesional and perilesional agents that have been used in the treatment of skin cancers will be presented by practitioners familiar with their use. The four medications reviewed—methotrexate, interferon, 5-fluorouracil, and bleomycin—have been in widespread use for many years in the treatment of cutaneous neoplasms and extracutaneous neoplastic and inflammatory condi...