background: in the modern lifestyle, the increase in cancer and related chronic disorders is a major public health problem. in spite of different methods used for the treatment of these conditions, natural medicines have high demands due to their significant effects as immune enhancement and therapeutic agents and fewer side effects in comparison with other treatment methods. hence, this study ...

cancer has been always in a great attention in the field of molecular biology. by applying    large-scale tools such as advanced proteomics, cancer diagnosis and treatment have been improved greatly since. cancers of esophagus, gastric, and colon accounted for major health problem globally. biomarker panel could bring out the accuracy for cancer evaluation tests as it can suggest a group of can...

introduction and aims: previous reports show a high proportion of young crc patients in iran. in this study we aim to look for the clustering of colorectal cancer in families of a series of crc patients from iran. materials and methods: the family history of cancer is traced in 449 crc patients of which 112 were 45 years or younger and 337 were older than 45years at time of diagnosis. the patie...

introduction raman spectroscopy is a vibrational spectroscopic technique, based on inelastic scattering of monochromatic light. this technique can provide valuable information about biomolecular changes, associated with neoplastic transformation. the purpose of this study was to find raman spectral markers for distinguishing normal samples from cancerous ones in different tissues. materials and...

background: the iron deficiency anemia (ida) is a common cause of referral to medical departments. chronic gastrointestinal (gi) blood loss is important cause of ida and also an alarming sign of serious underlying disease. the information concerning ideal evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in patients with the ida is scant. we designed a prospective study to determine the frequency of gi ...

Introduction: Colon cancer is known as one of the most current cancers in the world and Iran that high percentage of deadly caners in the world is related to colon cancer. The use of new method to treat and control of colon cancer in developed societies are on rise. Ozone is used as the new and effective method to treat of different diseases, infections and scars. In this study, the effects of ...

constipation isa common clinical problem that can be functional or organic in origin. thiscondition sometimes overlaps with irritable bowel syndrome. initially, theclinician should differentiate between true and false constipation by clinicaland preclinical evidence such as colonic transit time. numerous patients believethat all defecation problems are called constipation and use laxatives with...

background: improvement in complications of antitumor agents and surgery is important to enhance life quality and survival among patients with colon and colorectal cancer. it has been reported that some dietary components such as glutamine (gln) have beneficial effects on these complications of cancer therapies. however, the results of studies are inconsistent in this area. we performed a revie...

colorectal cancer most commonly metastasizes to the liver and lung. metastatic colon carcinoma (mcc) to the breast is extremely rare. krukenberg tumor is an uncommon metastatic tumor of the ovary. case presentation: a 38 years woman presented with abdominal pain. in evaluation colon cancer was diagnosed at stage 3. folfox chemotherapy was done. after one year she developed krukenberg tumor. few...