background: chronic inflammation and dys-regulation of the immune system mechanisms are now well established as primary triggers of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease. galectin-9 (gal-9) is a member of the galectin family and known as an inducer of cell aggregation, adhesion and apoptosis. gal-9 interaction with its main ligand t-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain protein-3 (tim-3) leads...

copper-64 was produced in large scales and high specific activities in late 1990s’ using compact cyclotrons based by 64ni(p,n)64cu reaction and many radiopharmaceuticals developed since then by various groups based on interesting physicochemical and nuclear properties of the radionuclide. the unique emission of beta particles as well as positron particles offers a spectacular real therapeutic/d...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, containing approximately one third of all illnesses in women. assessment of molecular markers is valuable in predicting the outcome of disease and decision making for optimal treatment. the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between estrogen and progesterone receptors with her-2, ki67, p53, and clinicopathologica...

treatment of bone metastases comprises over 10% of the workload of a radiation-oncology center. bone metastases produce severe pain and immobility, necessitate narcotic use, and reduce the quality of life. a good palliative treatment must be complete, free from side effects and fast; thus we decided to evaluate strontium-89 (89sr) effectivity for palliation of breast and prostate cancer bone me...

in this work the acidity constants of thiamine in water and water-triton x-100 micelle media solutions, at 25 °c, have been determined spectrophotometrically. to evaluate the ph- absorbance data, a resolution based on the combination of soft-and hard-modeling is applied. the acidity constants of all related equilibria are estimated using the whole spectral fitting of the collected data to an es...

dactylogyrus spp. are monogenean worms found mostly as ectoparasites on the gills of several fish species, including carp and goldfish. these parasites are commonly detected by microscopic analysis of the gill lamellae, but this is time-consuming and technically difficult. in contrast to this conventional method, molecular techniques provide specific, sensitive and safe detection of parasites. ...

the copper(ii) complex [cu(pic)2]·2h2o was synthesized with 2-picolinic acid (hpic) and copper acetate as reactants by room temperature solid-solid reaction. the composition and structure of the complex was characterized by elemental analyses, single crystal x-ray diffraction, x-ray powder diffraction, ft-ir spectroscopy and thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry. the crystal struct...

background: the dose rate distribution delivered by a low dose rate 137cs pellet source, a spherical source used within the source trains of the selectron gynecological brachytherapy system, was investigated using the mcnp4c monte carlo code. materials and methods: the calculations were performed in both water and plexiglas and the absolute dose rate distribution for a single pellet source and ...

cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost one hundred diseases. its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites. if the spread is not controlled, cancer can result in death. there has been continuous progress in the development of therapy for cancer....

differentiating sepsis from other noninfectious causes of systemic inflammation is often difficult in the elderly. the aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of c-reactive protein (crp), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr), procalcitonin (pct), and interleukin-6 (il-6) to identify elderly patients with sepsis. in this single center prospective observational study, we included all consec...