conclusions most patients are referred for restaging and demonstrate evidence of regional or distant metastasis with significant value for further treatment planning. providing insurance coverage and familiarizing referring physicians about appropriate indications of this relatively new diagnostic modality will be to the best interest of head and neck cancer patients in long term. methods we re...

Background: Phototherapy is the most effective and commonly used treatment for neonatal jaundice, which reduces the need to exchange transfusion. Today, phototherapy is widely used even in unnecessary cases; however, clinicians who use phototherapy should be aware of the possible adverse effects of this treatment to avoid unnecessary use of it. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the relati...

introduction: detection of malignant cells in the peritoneal cavity indicates the extension of cancer cells. the aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence rate of positive cytology in colorectal cancer and its relationship with the local progress of the tumor.  methods: in a 2-year prospective study in mashhad and iran universities of medical sciences, peritoneal lavage was performed on 40...

introduction : although oral cancer is amenable for early detection, it often presents as advanced disease in many of patients. long-lasting ulcer or mucosal discoloration has been described as the key to an early diagnosis; however other symptoms may also exist. the present study aims to describe the frequency of the early symptoms in oral cancer patients, with a special focus on pain. materia...

Prostate cancer occurs when cells in the prostate gland grow out of control. Almost all cancers are adenocarcinomas. The survival rate for patients depends on screening outcome, which can be either no cancer, early detection, and late detection or advanced stage detection. main objective this study was to estimate risk factors affecting outcome cancer. With ordinal outcomes, a generalized Bayes...

The importance of nanotechnology in medical technologies, especially biomedical diagnostics, is indubitable. By taking advantages of nanomaterials, many medical diagnostics methods have been developed so far, including electrochemical nanobiosensors. They have been used for quantification of different clinical biomarkers for detecting, screening, or follow up a disease. microRNAs (miRNAs) are o...

metastases are the most common malignant hepatic lesions and considered to be the most frequent indication for imaging of the liver. the accurate detection and characterization of liver metastasis remains a critical issue at the initial diagnosis of primary cancer or during the course of patient treatment. in the recent years, the advent of highly efficient imaging modalities and new techniques...

Of all Cancers, Oral cancer is one of the most typical cancers in world. has delayed clinical detection, poor prognosis, without specific biomarkers, and expensive therapeutic methods. This study aims to explain basic aspects oral focuses on squamous cell carcinoma cavity. The duration detection depends amount tobacco usage individual. In this study, we have presented stochastic models for onse...

of the ways to fight breast cancer and reduce deaths hazard due to early detection is one of early detection programs in women's breast self- examination. examining breast by oneself increase individuals knowledge of her breast health that helps in detecting breast cancer early. different cultural, social, family and individual factors play roles in women's behavior about breast self- examinati...