Elective Neck Dissection for Management of Early- Stage Oral Tongue Cancer.

Background: The occult neck metastasis rate is very high with tongue cancers. The aim of this study was to assess the current role of elective neck dissection (END) in management of early-stage oral tongue cancer with a focus on lymph node metastasis. In addition, effects of END on regional or systemic disease recurrence and survival were investigated.

Outcome of Living-Donor Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 15-Year Single-Center Experience in Egypt.

Objectives: Liver transplant performed for hepatocellular carcinoma must adhere to criteria for the size and number of focal hepatic lesions to lower the incidence of recurrence and achieve survival rates comparable to patients transplanted for other indications. Since the Milan criteria were established in 1996, there have been many less restrictive criteria yielding similar results. Our aim was to identify the prognostic factors for patient survival and for recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma for patients within and beyond the Milan criteria.

Recurrence of hepatitis C virus (genotype 4) infection after living-donor liver transplant in Egyptian patients.

Objectives: The recurrence of hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplant is common and may endanger both graft and patient survival. We investigated the frequency and outcome of and risk factors for the recurrence of that virus after living-donor liver transplant in hepatitis C virus positive recipients.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-four adult hepatitis C virus positive subjects were monitored for 36 months after living-donor liver transplant and demographic and laboratory data for the recipients and donors were evaluated.

Crucial issues of hepatic artery reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation: our experience with 133 cases at Dar El-Fouad Hospital, Egypt.

Hepatic artery (HA) reconstruction is a crucial step in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). However, many important aspects specific to this challenging step are still inadequately documented. From August 2001 through March 2007, we performed a total of 133 cases of LDLT at Dar El-Fouad Hospital.

Detection of telomerase in urine by 3 methods: evaluation of diagnostic accuracy for bladder cancer.

Purpose: New, noninvasive methods are needed for the diagnosis, followup and screening of patients with bladder cancer. Three methods of detecting telomerase were evaluated in this aspect.

Materials And Methods: This study included 200 patients diagnosed with bladder carcinoma, 85 with benign bladder lesions and 30 healthy individuals who served as the control group.

Multidisciplinary treatment in children with non-metastatic hepatoblastoma: treatment results at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate our experience at the NCI, Cairo University in the management of non- metastetic hepatoblastoma (HB). Also to improve survival of children with HB and reduce the operative morbidity and mortality by using preoperative chemotherapy.

Patients And Methods: After biopsy and assessment of the extent of disease, all patients were treated with a 6-hour continuous intravenous infusion of cisplatin (PLA) 90mg/m2 on day one followed by doxorubicin (DO) 20mg/m2 per day administered as 1- hour infusion on days 2,3 and 4.