the purpose of this study was to describe the feasibility of a combined preoperative chemoradiation program ib-iia, bulky and suspicious iib by radical surgery in patients with stage ib-iib cervical cancer. from september 1999 to april 2002, 30 patients with carcinoma of the cervix were treated with preoperative external beam radiotherapy of 45 gy in 5 weeks. patients received concurrent contin...

abstract background: breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women in the western world. with breast cancer now affecting one in ten women, it is important to know how this disease burden is shared among women. aims: this study was undertaken to determine the survival rate of breast cancer in southern iran. methods and material: from december 2001 to december 2006, among 8000 hospital-base...

background the invention of central venous catheters (cvc) for hemodialysis (hd), brought about a fundamental change in the treatment of patients who needed hd, from the late 1970’s till the present time. nowadays the use of cvc is a common medical procedure. increasing use of these methods necessitates clarification of the exact nature of the effects, and potential complications for surgeons. ...

background and purpose: leukemia is the most prevalent type of cancer in children and its prognostic factors vary in different geographic locations. the aim of this study was to estimate the 5 years survival rate of children suffering from leukemia in kerman, iran and to investigate the factors which might influence it. materials and methods: this was a cohort study conducted on patients with a...