OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to screen patients with oral lesions for the presence of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types 16 and 18. METHODS Sixty patients aged between 11-80 years with a mean age of 46 years were examined using immunohistological techniques. All samples were retrieved from RICK during the period from August 2009 to August 2010. Out of 60 patients, 50 had Oral Squamous C...

Complications of diabetes that affect the lower extremities are common, complex, and costly. Foot ulceration is the most frequently recognized complication. In a community-based study in the northwestern United Kingdom, the prevalence of active foot ulcers identified at screening among persons with diabetes was 1.7%, and the annual incidence was 2.2%.1 Higher annual incidence rates have been re...

by a surgical operation directly into the tissues, or, in the case of superficial tumours, are applied directly to the skin. The method here described is known as " radium beam therapy or " teleradium therapy "> and it was first developed in France, Belgium, the United States, and more extensively in Sweden ' During the first four years of the inquiry, the use of this method of treatment has be...

BACKGROUND Population-based studies describing the association between education and cancer incidence has not yet been reported from India. METHODS Information on the educational attainment of 4417 cancer cases aged 14 years and above, diagnosed during 2003-2006 in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India, was obtained from the Dindigul Ambilikkai Cancer Registry, which registers invasive cancer ...

Oral cancers are known to have catastrophic effects on individuals and the society by and large. They may have an indolent appearance in the preliminary stages which warrants an even more precision in their diagnosis. One of the major drawbacks in the management of oral cancers is the inability to detect it in the early stages causing failure in prompt treatment. Unfortunately, inspite of volum...

The Prevalence and role of mouth parasites in patients attending Out Patient Department of Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar, North West Frontier Province of Pakistan were investigated. The prevalence of Entamoeba gingivalis and trichomonas tenax estimated in 150 patients belonging to rural and urban localities in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan during February 2006 to July 2006. A...

Oral cancer is the most common cancer found in both men and women. Early Detection of Oral Cancer is important in saving life. Dental Radiographs assists experts in identifying cancers grown inside the mouth. To help radiologists, Computer Aided Detection and Computer Aided Diagnosis algorithms are developed. The algorithms help to identify cancers by reducing the need for Biopsy. This paper gi...

The Mueller matrix describes all the polarizing properties of a sample and, therefore, the optical differences between noncancerous and precancerous tissue that may be present within the matrix elements. A high-speed polarimetry system that generates 16 (4x4) full Mueller matrices to characterize tissues is presented. Feature extraction is done on the Mueller matrix elements resulting in depola...