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Safety and efficacy of single insertion accelerated MR-image guided brachytherapy following chemo–radiation in locally advanced cervix cancer: modifying our EMBRACE during the COVID pandemic
BackgroundUtero-vaginal brachytherapy (BT) is an irreplaceable care component for the curative treatment of locally advanced cervix cancer (LACC)....
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Factors associated with positive cancer screening for the uterine cervix and breast in Jakarta Province, Indonesia: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundIn many middle-income countries, cancer incidence and mortality are rapidly increasing, but data for developing a strategy of cancer...
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Community-integrated self-collected HPV-based cervix screening in a low-resource rural setting: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial
Effective approaches to improve coverage of self-collected human papillomavirus (HPV)-based cervix screening (SCS) as well as attendance at treatment...
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Cancer: Epidemiology, Racial, and Geographical Disparities
Cancer is a complex and multifaceted disease that affects millions of people worldwide. The epidemiology of cancer is a critical area of research...
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Risk of clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix among US women with potential exposure to diethylstilbestrol in utero
PurposeWomen exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) in utero were at elevated risk of clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix (CCA) as young...
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Overview: Cancer Stem Cells
Cancer has become a global issue and retains a central place in fatality rates among the wide variety of diseases known the world over, and the...
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Pelvic target volume inter-fractional motion during radiotherapy for cervical cancer with daily iterative cone beam computed tomography
BackgroundTumor regression and organ movements indicate that a large margin is used to ensure target volume coverage during radiotherapy. This study...
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A Global Perspective of Cancer Prevalence: The Causative Agent, the Environment, or the Genes?
Cancer is among the most leading causes of death worldwide, while breast and prostate cancers are the leading causes of cancers among females and...
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Macrolides for Cancer
Macrolides exert their antitumor effects through various mechanisms. Clarithromycin markedly reduced the incidence of mucosa-associated lymphoid...
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Cancer Statistics: Geographical and Racial Disparities
Cancer leads to millions of morbidities and mortalities throughout the world, annually. There are well-established discrepancies in cancer incidence...
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The features of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in different female genital sites and impacts on HPV-based cervical cancer screening
BackgroundThe causal role of high-risk Human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in the pathogenesis of anogenital cancers is well established. In contrast,...
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Early Cancer Detection: Challenges and Opportunities
Cancer is the second leading cause of death both globally and in the United States [1]. Recent studies suggest that the detection of cancer at early,...
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Microbial signatures and continuum in endometrial cancer and benign patients
BackgroundEndometrial cancer is a multifactorial disease with inflammatory, metabolic and potentially microbial cues involved in disease...
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Immunobiology of Lung Cancer
Lung cancer still has a bad prognosis, despite a reducing incidence. The absence of early detection and the recent advancements in targeted cancer...
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Lung Cancer
Cancers of the lung account for a large fraction of all cancer deaths worldwide. The vast majority are caused by carcinogens from cigarette smoke....
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Introduction to Cancer
In this chapter, cancer is discussed as the second leading cause of death that globally kills nearly 10 million people every year. In this context,...
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Synbiotics in Cervical Cancer
The gut microbiota is usually regarded as one of the most crucial aspects in maintaining homeostasis. Probiotic microbes have been proven to come up...
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Estimating cancer incidence in Uganda: a feasibility study for periodic cancer surveillance research in resource limited settings
BackgroundPopulation based cancer registries (PBCRs) are accepted as the gold standard for estimating cancer incidence in any population. However,...
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Epidemiology of Cancer: Asian Perspective Revised
Worldwide cancer is the second major cause of death. Among men, lung, prostate, colorectal, stomach, and liver cancers are the most common types,...
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Association of dietary intake and cervical cancer: a prevention strategy
IntroductionCervical cancer is one of lethal cancers in women. As a global concern, identifying important factors of cancer is a useful strategy for...
