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:...

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...

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: 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...

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 ...

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: Gastrointestinal Cancers are one of the most important causes of mortality of patients in the world as well as in our country. The North of Iran is in Asian belt of esophagus cancer in addition, in other areas of our country gastric cancer is the most common GI Cancer. Because GI Cancers are common in Lorestan, we decided to study them in patients undergo endoscopy and colonoscopy i...