Abstract Objective: To find out whether diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension is associated with endometrial cancer and could increase the staging of the cancer.Method: This was an analytic retrospective descriptive study with cross sectional design. Data were taken from the medical record of patients diagnosed as having endometrial cancer in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Dr. Hasan Sa…
Abstract Objective: To assess the effect of Paclitaxel-Carboplatin combination on epithelial ovarian cancer by studying the changes in VEGF serum levels after receiving 3 series of chemotherapy.Methods: This was a cohort study conducted at several teaching hospitals in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University from April 2011 to March 2012. The subje…
Objective: To determine the association between p53 expression and the level of organ confinement in patient with prostate cancer in Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta. Material & method: Prostate specimens were obtained from patients with clinical stage T1-T2 prostatic adenocarcinoma in Sardjito Hospital between January 2007 and December 2008. Samples were processed and immunohistochemically staine…
Abstract Objective: To determine the effect of polymorphism of estrogen receptor β to the risk of epithelial ovarian carcinoma at Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Hospital Palembang Methods: This population-based case control study included 40 women with epithelial ovarian carcinoma and 40 controls, from January 2010 until December 2011. Data analysis was performed by Chi Square test.Results: Distribution …
Peripherallung tumor is defined in most studies as tumorthat are not visible beyond the visual segmental bronchi and located >2 cm in all directions around the proximal bronchial tree. Localised peripheral pulmonary tumor is commonly encountered in clinical practice and frequently require tissue diagnosis to project a treatment plan. The investigation of a peripheral lung tumor is a challenging…
Background: The development of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (CRC) is so very advanced, however, the survival of patients has not been satisfactory, therefore, the current therapy also involve immunotherapy. Phyllanthus niruri Linn (P. niruri L) may act as an immunomodulator and anticancer, but its potency has not been revealed. Study was conducted to confirm the ejJects of P. niruri L ext…
Background: There are no data on survival rate of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) on complementary alternative medicine in Indonesia. The aim of this study was to analyze the survival rate of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) on conventional (modern) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments. Methods: Across-sectional observational study of 33 NPC patients …
Background: Cancer is associated with devastating and distressing condition due to its dead ly impact. This leads to anxiety in patients after cancer diagnosis is confirmed. The study was aimed to analyze the association of age, knowledge, socio economy, education and sexto the level of anxiety in newly diagnosed cancer patient. Methods: The research use a cross-sectional approach which was c…
Background: Cispiatin can cause suppress of hemopoetic system because of ROS in head and neck cancer patients. Combination of high dose vitamin C and E as outside antioxidant was required to neutralize ROS. The objective of the study was to prove that combination of high dose vitamin C and E could improve the suppression of hemopoetic system induced by cispiatin in head and neck cancer patients…
Breast cancer may progress from an atypical lesion. Angiogenesis has an important role in the growth, invasion and metastasis of breast cancer, which can be reflected through the microvascular density (MVD). Tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) are stromal cells that can produce pro-angiogenic factor su ch as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and induce matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9…