Introduction: Cancer ranks as the second most prevalent cause of death worldwide, responsible for approximately 9.6 million deaths annually. Approximately one out of every six deaths is caused by cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe assessment of the transformation zone is a critical step toward diagnosis of cervical cancer. This work involves the development of a portable, label-free transvaginal multispectral diffuse optical imaging (MDOI) imaging probe to estimate the transformation zone. The images were acquired from N = 5 (N = 1 normal, N = 2 premalignant, and N = 2 malignant) patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo study the clinical, paraneoplastic hematological presentation of Sertoli Leydig cell tumor patients. This retrospective study involved women with Sertoli Leydig cell tumors treated at JIPMER from 2018 to 2021. We reviewed the hospital registry for the Sertoli Leydig cell tumor among all the ovarian tumors being treated in the department of obstetrics and gynecology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the importance of salvage therapy in the management of high-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (HR GTN) after failure of first line multiagent chemotherapy.
Methods: This retrospective study involving women with HR GTN treated at Kidwai cancer institute from 2000 to 2015. Initial chemotherapy consisted of etoposide, methotrexate with folinic acid, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide and vincristine (EMA-CO).
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Introduction: Malignancies constitute a wide variety of disorders having high mortality and morbidity rates. Current protocols for management include surgical intervention, chemotherapy, and radiation which possess numerous adverse effects. Many phytochemicals are available with anticancer properties similar to anticancer drugs.
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