background : gastric cancer is a common and lethal disease throughout the world. in iran with 7300 new cases annually, it is the first cause of cancer related death in both sexes. regarding the high incidence (10.5/100000 individuals) of gastric can­cer and priority of prevalence index in cancer management, in this study we tried to determine 1, 2-3 and 4-5 year point preva­lence of the disease...

background: worldwide, cancer of stomach is still the fourth common cancer and the second cause of mortality among all cancers affecting annually 870,000 subjects. this study aims to determine the frequency and the characteristics of gastric cancer in southern iran. materials and methods: 10,800 of all cancers registered in fars hospital-based cancer registry were surveyed among which 574 cases...

background and aims: stomach cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second cause of deaths among cancers worldwide cancer in the world. this study aimed to estimate the rate and trend of death from stomach cancer in iranian population between 2006 and 2010. methods: this study was a cross-sectional conducted using mortality data in iranian population between 2006 and 2010. the number ...

cancer starts with a change in one single cell. this change may be initiated by external agents and genetic factors. cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounts for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008. lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancer cause the most cancer deaths each year. in this review, different aspects of gastric cancer; including clinical, path...

Background and aims: Stomach cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second cause of deaths among cancers worldwide cancer in the world. This study aimed to estimate the rate and trend of death from stomach cancer in Iranian population between 2006 and 2010. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional conducted using mortality data in Iranian popul...

background: lactoferrin is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 80 kda, as a member of the transferring family. in recent investigations the important biological properties such as anti microbial, antiviral and anticancer activity of lactoferrin were studied. in the present study, the effect of antitumor induced by lactoferin was evaluated on stomach cancer cell ags. materials and methods:...

we examined the effect of potential interfering factors that play major roles in the outcome of our patients with stomach cancer. 100 consecutive patients diagnosed with gastric cancers were prospectively observed, treated and followed from november 2009 to january. absence of helicobacter pylori infection (p=0.027), absence of vascularisation (p<0.001), and undetermined histopathological type ...

background: gastric cancer (gc) is one of the most common cancers in the world and helicobacter pylori (hp) infection is considered a causative factor. the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics and the associated factors of (gc) in a small cohort. methods: overall, 54 patients with diagnosed gastric cancer were followed-up at the department of gastroenterology & hepatology at b...

ba c k g r o u nd: skin  metastases occur  in  1-5%  of  solid  tumors  and  are  rarely the presenting sign of internal malignancies. certain features in skin lesions raise suspicion of metastasis from solid tumors. c a s e presentation: in this article a 61-year-old woman is presented with erythematous skin nodules  in  upper  abdomen  and  chest. histopathological evaluation  of  lesions sug...