Objective: To know the relationship between p53 expression and prostate specific antigen (PSA) serum level in prostate cancer patients. Material & method: Specimens were studied from patients with pathological diagnosis of prostate cancer in Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta during 2007 to 2008. The p53 expression was measured by immunohistochemical staining. The stains were done in Department ofAna…
Background: The foremost problems of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) management are high loco-regional remission, local recurrence and spreading rate post therapy. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been done for treatment of tumors less than 1 cm in size and depth in a very diffzcult location, where radical excision by surgery was not possible. The aim of th is study is determining 5-year-overall s…
Background: This research is aimed to prove the role of Mahkota Dewa polyphenol in the up-regulation Bax and down-regulation in strain Balblc mice which inducted with benzo(a)pyrene (BaP). Method: Post test control group design with 30 strain Balblc mice sample, aged 1-2 weeks, weighed 20-30 grams, healthy mice condition. All mice inducted with BaP and then randomized into 2 groups, which wer…
This is a pre survey according to handle of “outbreak” in Grujugan’s village Central Java, with crossectional study to take quantitative data. Secunder datas were taken from Health District Office in Banyumas, Central Java. Focus group discussion of qualitative study was taken from head of village Grujugan dan head of Primary Health Care of Kemranjen II, and in depth interview to two pa…
Breast cancer was commonly found in women in many countries. The crude incindence of breast cancer in Europe 109.8/100000 and the mortality rate around 28.4/100000. In lndonesia breast cancer is the most common cancer in women with the incidence 36.2/100000 and the mortality 18.6/100000. Early detection and adjuvant therapy has developed but the incidenee of relapse was still comm only found, …
Aim: To obtain data about the proportion of depression and possibly related factors in cancer patient admitted to One Day Care facility of "Dhamais" Cancer Hospital. Method: Cross sectional study was done to 26 adult patients admitted to One Day Care facility of "Dharmais" Cancer Hospital to determine propottioti of depression and possibly related factors. Demographic data included name, age,…
Cancer is a disease that has become a public health problem. both in the world and in Indonesia. since the level of mortality caused by the disease is rather high. This number can be reduced if the detection of cancer can be done as early as possible In order to achieve tbis, a program called the National Cancer Control Program (NCCP) is conducted with the aims are to reduced the number of canc…
Purpose. to measure and compare sensitivity, specificity, PPV (Positive Predictive Value). and NPV (Negative Predictive Value) among HE (Human Epididymis) 4. CA (Cancer Antigen)-125, and combination of both HE4 and CA-125 as tumor markers for EOC (epithelial ovarian carcinoma). To investigate possible correlation between HE4 serum concentration with CA-125 serum concentration in EOC. Method a…
Abstract Objective: To assess whether VEGF-C expression can predict the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and pelvic lymphnode metastases in bulky cevical cancer.Methods: Seventeen cervical cancer stage IB2 and IIA2 cases during the period of July 2009 until June 2010 were collected consecutively and given neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) PVB prior radical surgery. Response to treatment was ev…