purpose: to design and manufacture iodine 125 radioactive plaques which can be used in patients with ocular melanoma, and to evaluate the efficacy of plaques in an animal model. methods: this prospective basic study was performed in collaboration with farabi hospital and tehran atomic energy agency. the iodide 125 plaques were designed and manufactured based on the collaborative ocular melanoma...

we report a case of florid polypoid endometriosis presenting with advanced bulky disease in pelvis with serum ca – 125 levels of 7844u/ml. the extent of tumor, ct scan findings, elevated serum ca – 125 levels were suggestive of ovarian malignancy. histopathology demonstrated endometrial glands and stroma. glands were neither crowded nor complex and were separated by a fibromatous stroma that co...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect combinations nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium doses on production components custard-apple irrigated with saline waters. experiment conducted in a greenhouse, using Neossolo Regolítico (Entisol) clay loam texture Campina Grande-PB, Brazil. treatments were distributed randomized block design, 2 × 8 factorial scheme, three replica...

of death from gynaecological cancer among women in Western countries. Epithelial ovarian cancer is responsible for 85-90% of all primary ovarian tumours. Because of the asymptomatic nature of the disease, ovarian cancer is usually not detected in the early stages and therefore many women present with advanced disease and systemic metastases. Approximately 70-80% of patients present with late st...