A case report of renal cell carcinoma metastasis revealed through late-onset thyroid nodules.

Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most common and prevalent cancers all around the world with a prevalence of 3%. Approximately twenty percent of patients present with metastasis at the time of diagnosis, while late metastasis in renal cell carcinoma is a quite familiar phenomenon. Head and neck and particularly thyroid metastasis from RCC are rare events.

Conditional disease-free survival rates and their associated determinants in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer: A 15-year retrospective cohort study.

Background: The most common type of ovarian cancer (OC) is epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) which is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in adult women.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the conditional disease-free survival (CDFS) rates and their associated determinants in patients with EOC.

Methods And Results: The clinical and demographic data of 335 patients with confirmed EOC at Motahari Clinic (Shiraz, Iran) were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed.

Parity as a Prognostic Factor in Patients with Advanced-Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the prognostic factors influencing the overall survival (OS) of Iranian women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Methods: Information about newly diagnosed patients with confirmed EOC at Motahari Clinic, Shiraz, Iran, from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2016, was retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Cox-adjusted proportional hazards (PH) and stratified Cox (SC) models were used to determine the potential prognostic factors.

Association between TLR2 and TLR4 Expression and Response to Induction Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients.

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of transmembrane pattern-recognition receptors that play a crucial role in the realization of innate and adaptive immune response. TLRs may play a role in tumor development and growth because of expression or up-regulation of functional TLRs in some tumors and tumor cell lines. The participation of TLRs in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains unspecified.

Micromorphology analysis and bond strength of two adhesives to Er,Cr:YSGG laser-prepared vs. bur-prepared fluorosed enamel.

Preservation of enamel during composite veneer restorations of fluorosed teeth could be achieved by conservative preparation with Erbium lasers. This study evaluated the effect of fluorosed enamel preparation with Er,Cr:YSGG vs. conventional diamond bur on the micromorphology and bond strength of a self-etch and an etch-and-rinse adhesives.

Pulse oximeter oxygen saturation in prediction of arterial oxygen saturation in liver transplant candidates.

Background: Liver transplant is the only definitive treatment for many patients with end stage liver disease. Presence and severity of preoperative pulmonary disease directly affect the rate of postoperative complications of the liver transplantation. Arterial blood gas (ABG) measurement, performed in many transplant centers, is considered as a traditional method to diagnose hypoxemia.