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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"cancer prevention and control"”.
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The incidence of oral and oropharyngeal cancer in South Africa for the five year period 1997-2001
The National Cancer Registry (NCR) of South Africa publishes pathology-based cancer incidence in the country and is the main cancer data source. The data published by the NCR have been used extensively in the development of the draft national guidelines for cancer prevention and control as well as …
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Investigating the role of ALDH3B2 and FUT2 as potential risk genes to colorectal cancer through computational analysis and gene expression study of colonic cells, and utilizing colorectal cancer cell lines to explore gene-environment interactions
… rise of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) has brought to light numerous genetic loci known or predicted to be involved in conferring risk to various cancers. Using a systems genetics approach of GWAS and TWAS, this study sought to …
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Structure-Activity Relationship and Mechanistic Studies on the Chemopreventive Activity of Dipyridamole and Its Analogues
<p>There is an escalating demand in the area of cancer prevention and control for the development of novel agents and molecular targets that have potential to reduce the incidence of cancer. In this study, the JB6 mouse epidermal cell-culture based transformation model was used in efforts to …
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Exploring the Unique Characteristics of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults in Tennessee
<p>Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) ages 15-39 years with cancer have received little attention in the medical and health fields, resulting in a lack of progress for this age group. Little is known about the unique biologic, epidemiologic, and psychosocial issues that play an integral role in …
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The battleground of two Infections and a cancer: Human Papilloma Virus, premalignant lesions of the cervix and their interaction with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in southwestern Nigeria
… in death before the onset of invasive cervical cancer. With improved access to treatment, several studies outside West Africa demonstrated an increased risk of pre-invasive cervical lesions among HIV-infected women and the positive impact of treatment on the outcome. Given the various HIV …
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Design and optimization of ultrathin silicon field effect transistor's for sensitive, electronic-based detection of biological analytes
… close to 36 million of them attributed to NCD’s, and 80% of those in low and middle income countries. Most of these were due to such chronic illnesses as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and lung disease. Moreover, the prevalence of these diseases is rising fastest in low-income regions …