background recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuepo) treatment can increase hemoglobin levels and decrease transfusion requirements. this study aims to investigate how blood transfusion influences hemoglobin levels in patients receiving rhuepo for 12 weeks. materials and methods this was a case-control study of 60 patients less than 15 years with anemia and a solid tumor in any location between...

background : common variable immunodeficiency (cvid) is associated with a broad spectrum of symptoms related to infections, chronic lung diseases, autoimmune diseases, and tumors; however, solid tumors are rare complications of cvid and gastric cancer, specially, has been reported very rarely. case presentation : the present case report describes a 28 years old known case of cvid male, who was ...

introduction: breast cancer is one of the provalent cancers in the world. this cancer as well as other solid tumors, in the course of its development has phases in this order: epithelial dysplasia, carcinoma insitu, invassiveness and metastasis. breast cancer diagnosis is generally made with pathology methods. in this survey, measuring angiostatin (which is one of the most important and potent...

background: neuroblastoma is the most common extra cranial malignant solid tumor of childhood. various molecular and cytogenetic factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of neuroblastoma, some of which have proven useful in predicting clinical behavior. over expression of the oncogen n-myc, is an important indicator of prognosis. materials and methods: our study was performed from 2004 ...

background: colorectal cancer, the third most common type of cancer is a major cause of mortality worldwide. if colorectal cancer is detected at the early stages, the 5-year survival rate is 90%. meis1 homeobox gene is implicated in numerous solid tumors and hematological malignancies. therefore, the present study aims to investigate the methylation status of the meis1 gene in colorectal cancer...

micrornas are highly conserved small non-coding regulatory rnas that involve in post transcriptional regulating of gene expression during different cellular mechanisms. aberration of mir-218 expression during tumorigenesis of different solid tumors has been reported by numerous studies. in current systematic review article, by using the terms “mir-218” and “cancer” we first searched for english...

abstract objective : to report a case of pancreatic pseudo papillary solid cystic tumor, known as frantz tumor, which was discovered after a blunt abdominal trauma and to carry out a review of literature. case report : the patient was a 14-years old girl who came to the emergency room after blunt abdominal trauma with an intense abdominal pain. she underwent emergent laparotomy because of the p...