Background: Esophageal carcinoma is one of the most lethal gastrointestinal (GI) malignant tumors worldwide.  The disease is known to have a high incidence in northern Iran; however, its condition in the South is not much clear. Objective: In this retrospective study we investigated the epidemiology and time trends of esophageal carcinoma in Fars Province, South of Iran. Methods: In a retrospec...

snus (nass) is a form of snuff used in a similar manner to american dipping tobacco, but it does not typically result in a need for spitting. possible hazards associated with this material include malignant and premalignant lesions in the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract. the use of smokeless tobacco has increased in the middle east in recent decades, particularly among teenagers and youn...

A 39-year-old male patient presented with an extensive putrescent ulceration of abdominoperineal region infiltrated by advanced penile squamous cell carcinoma. To our knowledge, it is the largest defect after aggressive palliative resection of penile squamous cell carcinoma (pSCC) in the literature, which was 36×23 cm. The defect was divided into three sub-defects, and was repaired by bil...

methods: we examined 170 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients. all subjects live in mazandaran province, a region with high incidence rate of esophageal cancer and have become known as the “asian esophageal cancer belt”. samples were tested for hpv-dna by my09/11 and gp5+/6+ general primers using nested pcr. results: of the 170 escc samples, ...

squamous cell carcinoma of the gallbladder is rare and constitutes only 0.5-3% of all malignancies of this organ. most of the reported cases have had a component of adenocarcinoma. we report a 70-year-old man who presented with acute onset right upper quadrant pain. he operated on based on a presumptive diagnosis of acute cholecystitis according to clinical and ultrasonographic findings. histop...

isolated skeletal metastasis to the bony calvarium is extremely rare in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. we describe the clinical and imaging findings in a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix with metastases to the bony calvarium as the sole site of metastasis. the patient was a 65-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, f...

Changes in Salivary Antioxidants Patients with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Systematic Review Study and Meta-Analysis

"Muir-Torre syndrome, a subtype of Lynch is rare genetic disorder. We present the case female patient with long family and personal history who was diagnosed numerous benign malignant tumours various histology, including some sebaceous features, beginning at age 41. The majority were cutaneous tumours, treated complete resection, but they frequently recurred. Visceral cancers included endocervi...