Radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223) is indicated in patients with castration resistant prostate cancer with symptomatic bone metastasis but without any known visceral metastatic disease.Radium-223 dichloride primarily prolongs survival, improves quality of life (proven by ECOG score), [....] » Read More
Dendritic cell (DC)-based therapies have been introduced to treat cancer. In spite of pre-clinical promise, response in patients has been disappointing. Immunosuppressive molecules produced by tumour or host cells appear to be at least partially responsible for the poor outcome. [....] » Read More
The enormous number of new biological agents aligned with the large investment that is required for their registration is a major challenge for clinical oncology and the pharmaceutical industry. The neoadjuvant scenario is seen as a means of prioritizing drugs for clinical develo [....] » Read More
Background: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is generally associated with poor outcome, high rates of local recurrence and metastatic disease. Objective: To study the presentation, pathology and prognostic parameters in triple negative breast cancer Patient and methods: 100 [....] » Read More
Use of herbal medicines alone and in combination with conventional anticancer agents has increased remarkably in cancer patients. However, lack of scientific evidence has limited the use of these cocktails. Thus it is necessary to evaluate the effect of these combinations alone a [....] » Read More
Background: Hyperthermia in oncology is a tool of destroying the malignant cells on thermal way. The action could be a direct thermal toxicity for cells and/or boost other therapies to eliminate cancer cells. The definite aim of curative hyperthermia is to be selective on the mal [....] » Read More
This presentation will tabulate all the cases of squamous cell carcinoma irresepective of their site of origin that were operated in a tertiary referral centre of North India. Tumors were histomorphologically divided into low and high grades of tumor associated tissue eosinophili [....] » Read More
Background: Oropharyngeal cancer is primarily a disease of elderly, frequently seen in patients older than age 45. A group of oropharyngeal cancer patients has been considered in our study because of rising trends of its incidence due to tobacco abuse even in youngsters. Aim: To [....] » Read More
Introduction: Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) is an abnormal opening between the urinary bladder and vagina that result in continuous, involuntary dribbling (incontinence) of urine from the vagina. It is a common complication reported in advance gynaecological cancer conditions. Radi [....] » Read More
The feeling of fear, distress and uneasiness of an imminent endangerment is described as anxiety and in the setting of the proposed study, anxiety goes down to the principal feeling among patients undergoing various degree of cancer treatment. Depression is the level of symptoms [....] » Read More
Background: Physical activity (PA) monitors have been validated as an objective measure of physical activity levels (PAL) in several patient cohorts; however to our knowledge they have never been used to evaluate PAL in people with newlydiagnosed cancer. The aim of this pilot stu [....] » Read More
Background: Brachytherapy plays a pivotal role as a part of the cervical cancer management for its ability to deliver high dose to the tumour while reducing the dose to the surrounding critical organs. Over the last few years, the use of 3D image based brachytherapy has been revo [....] » Read More
Introduction: Cervical cancer is still major cancer burden in Indian women and it has major impact on their lives .Though the incidence of cervical cancer is decreasing in the developing countries and urban India with the help of proper screening and vaccination, the situation am [....] » Read More
Introduction: During the past decades, the incidence rate of stomach cancer in western countries has shown a great decrease, while it is still the most common cancer among men in Iran. The MYC proto-oncogene, which is located at 8q24.1, regulates 15% of genes and is activated in [....] » Read More
Introduction: During the past decades, the incidence rate of stomach cancer in western countries has shown a great decrease, while it is still the most common cancer among men in Iran. The MYC proto-oncogene, which is located at 8q24.1, regulates 15% of genes and is activated in [....] » Read More
Presently, cancer one of the most prevalent types of disease is a growing health problem around the world and is the leading cause of death. According to a recent report of W.H.O from a total of 58 million deaths worldwide, cancer accounted for 13%. Worldwide, there are now more [....] » Read More
Background: Cancer is a serious group of disease that could be resulted from different genetic alterations at molecular level, which could be followed by the unbalancing processes like high cell growth, proliferation, no programmed cell death, high affinity to invade through the [....] » Read More
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men. Worldwide, 1 of 7 men will be diagnosed with the disease at some time in their lives. Population-based non-invasive screening tests for prostate cancer did not definitively prove to affect disease-specific mortality and genera [....] » Read More
We found optimal dose of Vitamin D3 400 I.U. has a safe & significant anti-cancer effect without side effects. However, widely used vitamin D3 of 2000~5000 or even higher dose has cancer-promoting effects. In the patient with liver & kidney problem, Vitamin D3 could not b [....] » Read More
The nature of pediatric imaging poses unique challenges and risks that continue to evoke attention and scrutiny in public circles. Effective communication of radiation risk is an essential core practice and competency for radiologists, technologists, and staff involved with pedia [....] » Read More
In this workshop all new methods of photodynamic laser therapy will be presented. The mechanism of photodynamic laser therapy and the different photosensitizers and lasers for stimulation will be demonstrated and explained in detail. The newest Endolaser device for local, intrave [....] » Read More
Comparison of pre-treatment MRI and dual time-point 18F-fluoroethylthyrosine-PET (FET-PET)-based target volumes with patterns of primary glioblastoma multiforme failure following radiotherapy with temozolomide is done. Established that FET-based tumor volumes measured 10 minutes [....] » Read More
I nterventional Radiology (IR), thanks to the development in technological and Knowledge skills, has achieved a firstline role in the treatment of bone lesions. In particular, a large range of benign and malignant lesions can be treated: not only the well known ablations of osteo [....] » Read More
Background: Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) is defined as all processes leading to the modification of a treatment plan due to treatment response or change in patient contour secondary to weight loss observed during the course of a treatment. Because of the greater conformity of 3-DC [....] » Read More
BACKGROUND: Robotic telepresence has been used for outsourcing of healthcare services for more than a decade; however, its use within a Surgical and Medical Oncology ICU is not yet widespread. Intensive care unit (ICU) robots can be used to increase access to off-site supervising [....] » Read More
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide with a rising incidence rate in most countries, due to the increased life expectancy, urbanization and lifestyle changes. This study was conducted to predict the breast cancer incidence trend among Irania [....] » Read More
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. It strikes more than one third of the World’s population and it’s the cause of more than 20% of all deaths. Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells, which can invade and spread to distant sites of the body. Cancer can h [....] » Read More
Organ motion in Radiotherapy induces an error in dose received by the tumor therefore this experimental study conducted to evaluate the organs motion in external beam radiotherapy. This is an experimental study deals with detection, measurement and analysis of the periodic physio [....] » Read More
Introduction: Ablation strategies are non-surgical debulking procedures that can destroy solid tumors and release tumor antigens and damage associated molecular pattern molecules (DAMPs) for the induction of systemic anti-tumor immunity. Such anti-tumor immune responses can destr [....] » Read More
Title : Wiping out the deaths from prostate cancer
Veronica James, Australian National University, Australia
Using fibre diffraction, cancers can be diagnosed as soon as they start to grow, so they can be diagnosed very early. For most men, therefore, prostate cancers can be diagnosed as low grade in their twenties. At this stage, these cancers can be removed by chemotherapy and radiati [....] » Read More
Title : Basics and clinical applications for photodynamic tumor treatment
Jurgen Arnhold, German Society for Urology, Germany
Presentation will discuss the following concepts: · Fundamentals of low level laser therapy · Interstitial and intra-articular laser therapy · Intravenous (systemic) laser therapy · Photodynamic tumor therapy · Medical effects of laser ligh [....] » Read More
Title : The Specimen Margin Assessment Technique (SMART) trial: A novel 3D method of identifying the most accurate method of breast specimen orientation
Angel Arnaout, University of Ottawa, Canada
Every year, countless women will be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, most of whom will require surgery. A clean margin around the cancer site is the only prognostic factor that a surgeon can control in order to reduce local recurrence. Having an accurate method of assessi [....] » Read More
Title : Epigenetic regulation of hypoxia: Modifying metastasis by regulating epigenome. A Case review of multi targeted epigenetic therapy (MTET) and its application in stage IV renal cell carcinoma
M Amin Nezami, Pacific Medical Center of Hope, United States
This abstract discusses epigenetic regulations of hypoxia and its genomic transcription. The aberrancies in DNA methylation of several genes are crucial for vasculogenesis. By regulating this epigenetic mechanism, using a novel muti-targeted epigenetic therapy (MTET), we showed i [....] » Read More
Title : Ovarian cancer screening: Past, present and future
Jayashree Paknikar, Creighton University School of Medicine, United States
Ovarian Cancer is the second most common gynecologic malignancy and the most common cause of death amongst women with gynecologic cancer. Worldwide 239,000 new cases of were diagnosed in 2012. In the US alone, 22,000 new cases of ovarian are diagnosed annually and 14,000 women di [....] » Read More
Title : A holistic approach to cancer care: The importance of gratis in-home oncology psychotherapeutic support
Barbara Wood, Boob Buddies Inc, Australia
There appears to be general consensus in available literature that care for patients with life-threatening illnesses is suboptimal (Fitzsimons et al., 2007), and that research addressing the need of this population is limited (Wilson et al., 2007). One such need which does not ap [....] » Read More
Title : Nanoassemblies for nutraceutical delivery systems: Role in cancer prevention
Khushwinder Kaur, Panjab University, India
Dietary phytochemicals play an important role in cancer management because they have been found to have the potential to delay or impede carcinogenesis process. However, they suffer from poor solubility, rapid degradation, leading to poor absorption by the human body. Hence, on [....] » Read More
Title : Breast cancer in very young women (less than 30 years): Demographics, treatment and prognosis
Razia Bano, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Lahore, Pakistan
Background: Breast cancer diagnosed at younger age has aggressive biology being triple negative and high grade and associated with poor prognosis. Patients and Methods: Retrospectively data of 121 patients age 30 years or younger registered during the year 2008 was reviewed. Dat [....] » Read More
Title : Interventional radiology and anesthesiology: Collaborative approaches to quality patient care
Alessandro Bacuzzi, Varese University Hospital, Italy
The cooperative approach between physicians during cancer patients treatment is actually a medical cornerstone. New developments centered on interventional radiology have transformed the oncological outcome of not candidate surgical patients. As proposed by Executive Council of t [....] » Read More
Title : Anaemia in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: Our experience at the national hospital Abuja, Nigeria
Chinedu Simeon Aruah, National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria
Introduction: Anaemia is one of the predisposing factors to poor patient outcome in cancer treatment and more than 50% of cancer patients will receive radiotherapy in the course of their treatment. It has been difficult to establish global or National benchmark on the baseline ha [....] » Read More
Title : Knowledge, attitude and practice of stem cell donation among Saudi population in Riyadh city
Mohammed Al Zahrani, KSAU-HS college of pharmacy, Saudi Arabia
Background: Stem cell transplantation procedure is considered nowadays an important lifesaving therapy for variety of fatal blood diseases. One of the main challenging facing stem cells transplantation therapies is to find a perfect match; that make many national and internationa [....] » Read More
Title : Rare types of breast cancer: the experience of the breast unit at king fahd general hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Muna Baslaim, King Fahd General Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Background: The behavior of some of the rare types of breast cancer is not well understood. Objective: To study the presentation, pathology and outcome of some of the rare types of breast cancer. Methods: Rare types of breast cancer cases seen at King Fahd Hospital from 2008 til [....] » Read More
Title : Differentiation of low grade meningioma from high grade meningioma: Diagnostic value of combined use of MR diffusion parameters
Kerim Aslan, Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey
Objective: Low grade and atypical/anaplastic (high grade) meningiomas may look similar in conventional MRI. Since the surgery or treatment plan, tumor recurrence and treatment results of these two tumors are different from each other, it is important to differentiate between them [....] » Read More
Title : Urinary steroid profiling in the diagnosis of adrenocortical cancer
Zulfiya Shafigullina, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I Mechnikov, Russian Federation
Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a malignant tumor, which can occur at any age. The prevalence of ACC in population is 0.5-2 cases per 1,000,000 people per year; the incidence of ACC in patients with adrenal incidentalomasis 1.2- 12%. By the revealing adrenal tumor, it is necess [....] » Read More
Title : Discovery of a new anti androgen compound
Mustafa Pehlivan, Cyprus International University, Cyprus
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a newly discovered anti androgen compound (pentabromo-dicyclohexane) which has a very high potential of being used as a medicine to treat prostate cancer and reduce the symptoms of cancer. The molecule has been discovered based on the Tar [....] » Read More
Title : The role of DWIBS in assessment of cancer patients; Breast cancer for example
Mahmoud Rezk, NCI Cairo University, Egypt
Purpose: To assess the diagnostic performance of WB-DWIBS compared to FDG-PET-CT in assessment of breast cancer patients. Method and Materials: 50 patients with pathologically proven breast cancer underwent both F-18-FDG PET-CT and WBMRI/DWIBS. The sequences acquired are whole b [....] » Read More
Title : Delivery palliative care in cancer care: lessons learnt from Rwanda post genocide society in global perspective of humanity
Christian Ntizimira, Rwanda Palliative Care & Hospice Organisation (RPCHO), Rwanda
Multi-disciplinary palliative care for patients with any Cancer is rarely integrated into the public healthcare system at all levels in Africa. An example of Rwanda, we have developed palliative care services in a district general hospital and linked these services to home care. [....] » Read More
Title : Delivery palliative care in cancer care: lessons learnt from Rwanda post genocide society in global perspective of humanity
Christian Ntizimira, Rwanda Palliative Care & Hospice Organisation (RPCHO), Rwanda
Multi-disciplinary palliative care for patients with any Cancer is rarely integrated into the public healthcare system at all levels in Africa. An example of Rwanda, we have developed palliative care services in a district general hospital and linked these services to home care. [....] » Read More