Cancer Research Journal

Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014

  • Lung Cancer and Tuberculosis: A Case Report on a Patient with Concurrent Comorbidities in a Hospital of High Complexity in Fortaleza - CE-BR

    Jose Aurillo Rocha, Filadelfia Passos Rodrigues Martins, Rosineli Leopoldino De Oliveira, Paulo Brito De Castro Figueira, Jose Dumas Ferreira Gomes, David Luniere Goncalves

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 102-103
    Received: 18 September 2014
    Accepted: 13 October 2014
    Published: 20 October 2014
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    Abstract: Case report: Lung Cancer (LC) is associated with smoking. Wonders attention in people with lung cancer who also have increased risk of having pulmonary tuberculosis (PT). The chances of getting lung cancer among pulmonary tuberculosis increases compared to LC alone. Simultaneously or not can change the prognosis and survival of these patients. The ... Show More
  • Sensorineural Hearing Loss as an Exceptional Mode of Revelation of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Report

    Hind Temsamani, Ahmed Belkouch, Abdelilah Mouhsine, Ali Jahidi, Abdelghani El Fikri, Lahcen Belyamani, Fouad Benariba

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 104-107
    Received: 02 November 2014
    Accepted: 12 November 2014
    Published: 18 November 2014
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    Abstract: Nasopharyngeal carcinomas are responsible of a high mortality rate in many parts of the world. The clinical aspects of these cancers are various; they find their explanations in the ways of tumor extension. The knowledge of these expansion ways has been significantly modified by the addition of CT and MRI. To the best of our knowledge, this is the ... Show More
  • Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening among Female General Practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Mohammed Yehia Saeedi, Fahad Al Amri, Ahmed Khair Ibrahim, Kassim Kassim

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 108-113
    Received: 19 October 2014
    Accepted: 04 November 2014
    Published: 27 November 2014
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    Abstract: Background: Breast cancer has been ranked as the 1st cancer in women in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Screening, early detection and proper treatment of Breast Cancer was associated with more chances of better prognosis and long-term survival. The role general practitioner’s role is to provide professional knowledge, skills and support for patients as w... Show More
  • The Impact of Middle Age on the Viability of Patients with Nonmalignant and Malignant Diseases

    Alexei N. Shoutko, Lyudmila P. Ekimova

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 114-120
    Received: 08 November 2014
    Accepted: 28 November 2014
    Published: 02 December 2014
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    Abstract: Deep myelosuppression, an officially sanctioned effect of non-selective cytotoxic cancer therapy, would be expected to be incompatible with mounting of a powerful host defense against spontaneous malignancy. To explore this theoretical difficulty, we used middle age as a natural model of a temporary decline in lymphocytopoiesis, caused by physiolog... Show More