In the last years, hormone consumption has increased exponentially. Because of that, hormone compounds are considered emerging pollutants since several studies have determinted their presence in water influents and effluents of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, a quantitative method for the simultaneous determination of oestrogens (estrone, 17 β -estradiol, estriol, 17 α -ethi...

Background: In the treatment of advanced breast cancer, third-generation aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have shown superior efficacy and tolerability compared with tamoxifen and megestrol acetate, the previous standard endocrine therapies in the firstand second-line settings, respectively. AIs are now being assessed in the adjuvant and prevention settings. Design: Literature review (PubMed search)....

The purpose of this paper is to deal with some uniqueness problems of entire functions or meromorphic functions concerning differential polynomials that share one value or fixedpoints with finite weight. We obtain a number of theorems which generalize some results due to M.L. Fang & X.H. Hua, X.Y. Zhang & W.C. Lin, X.Y. Zhang & J.F. Chen and W.C. Lin.

: Primary carcinoma of the fallopian tube is a rare, but fatal gynecologic cancer. The preoperative diagnosis this challenging due to absence specific symptoms and signs, in most patients, it an intraoperative finding. A 55-year-old patient (G3Ab1P2) was referred urogynecology clinic our hospital with chief complaints heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding persistently abnormal yellow discharge, w...

Cachexia is among the most debilitating and life-threatening aspects of cancer. Associated with anorexia, fat and muscle tissue wasting, psychological distress, and a lower quality of life, cachexia arises from a complex interaction between the cancer and the host. This process includes cytokine production, release of lipid-mobilizing and proteolysis-inducing factors, and alterations in interme...

Muscle wasting has long been recognized as a major clinical problem in hemodialysis (HD) patients. In addition to its impact on quality of life, muscle wasting has been proven to be associated with increased mortality rates. Identification of the molecular mechanisms underlying muscle wasting in HD patients provides opportunities to resolve this clinical problem. Several signaling pathways and ...

An immunochemical sol-gel-based immunoaffinity purification (IAP) method for purification and detection of the progestin drug medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) was developed. A polyclonal antibody (Ab) for MPA was generated, and two competitive (indirect and direct) sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for its detection were developed and implemented to determine the recovery a...

OBJECTIVES This retrospective study was undertaken to analyze the profile of patients presenting with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and treatment outcomes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Records of 49 patients (36 male, 16 female, 21-75 years) treated at the Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait for RCC during the period 1993-1998 were analyzed. Forty-one patients had a nephrectomy, 18 postoperative radiot...