J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
March 2023
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity, the incidence of which has significantly increased in the last 10 years. In Pakistan, it is reported to be the most common cancer among men and the second most common in women. Cyclin D1 is a protein involved in cell cycle regulation from G1 phase to S phase.
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November 2022
Background: Colorectal cancers are slowly developing cancers of which more than 95% are adenocarcinomas, beginning in the mucus-producing glands lining the colon and rectum. In Pakistan, colorectal carcinoma is ranked as the seventh most common malignancy in men and the ninth most common in women with a male to female ratio of 9 to 1. This study aimed at investigating Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) as a potential marker for predicting severity of disease in terms of tumour histological grade in patients with pre-operative colorectal adenocarcinoma.
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