Mentoring future Kenyan oncology researchers.

abstract：:Thymoquinone (TQ) is the principal active monomer isolated from the seed of the medicinal plant Nigella sativa. This compound has antitumor effects against various types of cancer including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), mainly due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. Several pre-clinical studies sho...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Bimonte S,Albino V,Barbieri A,Tamma ML,Nasto A,Palaia R,Molino C,Bianco P,Vitale A,Schiano R,Giudice A,Cascella M

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Langerhans cell (LC) sarcoma (LCS) is a high-grade neoplasm with overtly malignant cytologic features and an LC phenotype. We very recently suggested that LC behaves as a reservoir for common dermotropic Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) and determined the relationship between LC histiocytosis (LCH), which ha...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Murakami I,Matsushita M,Iwasaki T,Kuwamoto S,Kato M,Horie Y,Hayashi K,Gogusev J,Jaubert F,Nakamoto S,Yamakawa M,Nakamine H,Takata K,Oka T,Yoshino T

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The Instituto Angolano de Controlo do Cancer (IACC) Cancer Registry in Luanda, Angola is the most ancient and organized hospital-based cancer registry in Angola and provides data on cancer cases treated in several hospital facilities in Luanda. Methods:Newly-diagnosed cancer cases (2012-2016) of IACC were c...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Miguel F,Bento MJ,de Lacerda GF,Weiderpass E,Santos LL

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide with highest incidence reported in Eastern Africa in 2012. The primary goal of this study was to study the expression of p16INK4a in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the cervix by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and determine relation with clinic...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Sarwath H,Bansal D,Husain NE,Mohamed M,Sultan AA,Bedri S

更新日期：2017-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The African Organization for Research and training in Cancer (AORTIC) bases the following position statements on a critical appraisal of the state on cancer research and cancer care in Africa including information on the availability of data on cancer burden, screening and prevention for cancer in Africa, cancer care ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Ogunbiyi JO,Stefan DC,Rebbeck TR

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most malignant lymphomas in HIV-patients are caused by reactivation of EBV-infection. Some lymphomas have a very rapid fulminant course. HHV-8 has also been reported to be a cause of lymphoma. The role of CMV in the development of lymphoma is not clear, though both CMV and HHV-8 have been reported in tissues...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Grützmeier S,Porwit A,Schmitt C,Sandström E,Åkerlund B,Ernberg I

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Killian polyp (KP) is a benign lesion that arises from the maxillary sinus. The etiology of KP is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential involvement of human papilloma- (HPV) and polyoma-viruses (HPyV) infections in the onset of KP. METHODS:DNA from antral (n = 14) and nasal (n = 14...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Oton-Gonzalez L,Rotondo JC,Cerritelli L,Malagutti N,Lanzillotti C,Bononi I,Ciorba A,Bianchini C,Mazziotta C,De Mattei M,Pelucchi S,Tognon M,Martini F

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：: The rationale behind current worldwide human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programs starts from two basic premises, 1) that HPV vaccines will prevent cervical cancers and save lives and, 2) have no risk of serious side effects. Therefore, efforts should be made to get as many pre-adolescent girls vaccinated in or...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Tomljenovic L,Wilyman J,Vanamee E,Bark T,Shaw CA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common AIDS-defining tumour in HIV-infected individuals in Africa. Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus (KSHV) infection precedes development of KS. KSHV co-infection may be associated with worse outcomes in HIV disease and elevated KSHV viral load may be an early marker for advanced H...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Maskew M,Macphail AP,Whitby D,Egger M,Wallis CL,Fox MP

更新日期：2011-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC) are consistently associated with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Though NPCs are more radiosensitive and chemosensitive than other tumors of the upper aero-digestive tract, many therapeutic challenges remain. In a previous report, we have presented data supporting a possible the...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Vérillaud B,Gressette M,Morel Y,Paturel C,Herman P,Lo KW,Tsao SW,Wassef M,Jimenez-Pailhes AS,Busson P

更新日期：2012-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mounting evidence suggests a causal relationship between specific bacterial infections and the development of certain malignancies. However, the possible role of the keystone periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains unknown. Therefore, we examined t...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Gao S,Li S,Ma Z,Liang S,Shan T,Zhang M,Zhu X,Zhang P,Liu G,Zhou F,Yuan X,Jia R,Potempa J,Scott DA,Lamont RJ,Wang H,Feng X

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with cervical cancer, the most frequent cancer in women from northern Brazil. Assessment of the short-term impact of HPV vaccination depends on the availability of data on the prevalence of type-specific HPV in young women in the pre-immunization period, alt...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Vieira RC,Monteiro Jdo S,Manso EP,Dos Santos MR,Tsutsumi MY,Ishikawa EA,Ferrari SF,Lima KV,de Sousa MS

更新日期：2015-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and entecavir (ETV) are recommended as the first-line choices regarding the treatment of chronic hepatits B. The impact of the two antiviral agents on prognosis of Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains to be explored. We aim to investigat...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Zhang M,Wang D,Liu H,Li H

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a retrospective study on the prevalence of HPV and genotype distribution by nested PCR and nucleotide sequencing analysis, in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsies of 135 head and neck cancers (HNC) and 29 cervical cancers received between 2009 and 2017 for diagnosis at the Laboratoire National de ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Kofi B,Mossoro-Kpinde CD,Mboumba Bouassa RS,Péré H,Robin L,Gresenguet G,Bélec L

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Human polyomaviruses (HPyV), which are small DNA viruses classified into the polyomaviridae family, are widely distributed in human populations. Thirteen distinct HPyVs have been described to date. Some of these viruses have been found in human tumors, suggesting an etiological relationship with cancer. In particular,...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Levican J,Acevedo M,León O,Gaggero A,Aguayo F

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) is largely used, thanks to its properties, as wound therapy after surgical resection. Several studies and clinical findings have demonstrated that the PRP can accelerate the regeneration and the repair of tissues through the action of the platelet-derived growth factors. Material ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Barbieri A,Bimonte S,Loquercio G,Rea D,Cascella M,Anniciello A,Luciano A,Palma G,Di Costanzo G,Rosa A,Giuliano P,Arra C

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are hypothesized to play a role in the development of prostate cancer, perhaps due to inflammation-induced oncogenesis. We assessed in a nationally representative population of middle-aged men whether sexual behavior indicators for an increased risk of genital infection...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Werny DM,Saraiya M,Chen X,Platz EA

更新日期：2007-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health burden in Europe, causing an increasing level of liver-related morbidity and mortality, characterized by several regional variations in the genotypes distribution. A comprehensive review of the literature from 2000 to 2015 was used to gather country-specific d...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Petruzziello A,Marigliano S,Loquercio G,Cacciapuoti C

更新日期：2016-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2012, Infectious Agents and Cancer commissioned a thematic series collection of articles on Prevention of HPV related cancer. The articles have attracted wide interest and stimulated debate, including about the utility of vaccines in cancer control. The application of vaccines to cancer control fulfills a promise e...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Mbulaiteye SM,Buonaguro FM

更新日期：2013-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori is an important yet unproven etiological agent of gastric cancer. H. pylori infection is more prevalent in developing Asian countries like India and it is usually acquired at an early age. It has been two decades since Marshall and Warren (1984) first described curved bacilli in the stomach of ulce...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Akhter Y,Ahmed I,Devi SM,Ahmed N

更新日期：2007-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been hypothesized that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) may be associated with breast cancer progression. However, the role of HCMV infection in breast cancer remains controversial. We aimed to assess whether HCMV genes (UL122 and UL83) could be detected in breast carcinomas and reinvestigated their possi...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Utrera-Barillas D,Valdez-Salazar HA,Gómez-Rangel D,Alvarado-Cabrero I,Aguilera P,Gómez-Delgado A,Ruiz-Tachiquin ME

更新日期：2013-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolutionarily novel genes originated through different molecular mechanisms are expressed in tumors. Sometimes the expression of evolutionarily novel genes in tumors is highly specific. Moreover positive selection of many human tumor-related genes in primate lineage suggests their involvement in the origin of new...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Kozlov AP

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative PCR method was established to quantify human bocavirus (HBoV) genomic copies in clinical specimens from children with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in China. A total of 257 respiratory tract specimens were tested, and 7 (2.7%) of these (all sputum samples) were positive, with genomic copies ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Lin F,Zeng A,Yang N,Lin H,Yang E,Wang S,Pintel D,Qiu J

更新日期：2007-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Morbidity and mortality data highlight prostate cancer as the most commonly diagnosed neoplasm in Jamaican males. This report examines the association between dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in Jamaican men. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Case-control study of 204 histologically confirmed newly diagnose...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Jackson M,Walker S,Simpson C,McFarlane-Anderson N,Bennett F

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With successful antiretroviral therapy, non-communicable diseases, including malignancies, are increasingly contributing to morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected persons. The epidemiology of AIDS-defining cancers (ADCs) and non-AIDS-defining cancers (NADCs) in HIV-infected populations in Brazil has not ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Castilho JL,Luz PM,Shepherd BE,Turner M,Ribeiro SR,Bebawy SS,Netto JS,McGowan CC,Veloso VG,Engels EA,Sterling TR,Grinsztejn B

更新日期：2015-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：: The eruption of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in young homosexual men in 1981 in the West heralded the onset of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection epidemic, which remains one of the biggest challenges to global public health and science ever. Because KS and NHL were incre...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Mbulaiteye SM,Bhatia K,Adebamowo C,Sasco AJ

更新日期：2011-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and anti-HCV therapy is a significant measure to reduce the incidence of HCC, however development of HCC in HCV treated patients is an emerging clinical problem which needs to be investigated. In this study ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Khalid J,Umar M,Ur-Rehman T,Ali M,Khan GM

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To clarify the immunological alterations leading to classical Kaposi sarcoma (cKS) among people infected with KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). METHODS:In a population-based study of 119 cKS cases, 105 KSHV-seropositive controls, and 155 KSHV-seronegative controls, we quantified plasma soluble cluster of di...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Pelser C,Middeldorp J,Mbulaiteye SM,Lauria C,Messina A,Viviano E,Romano N,Vitale F,Goedert JJ

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes around 90% of cervical cancer cases, and cervical cancer is a leading cause of female mortality worldwide. HPV-derived oncoprotein E7 participates in cervical carcinogenesis by inducing aberrant host DNA methylation. However, the targeting specificity of E7 methyla...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Na Rangsee N,Yanatatsaneejit P,Pisitkun T,Somparn P,Jintaridth P,Topanurak S

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Cervical cancer is a common cancer among women worldwide and is closely related to high-risk human papillomavirus infection (HR-HPV). The immune microenvironment is thought to play an essential role in viral infection and cancer development; however, this relationship remains controversial. Cytokines are an ...

journal_title：Infectious agents and cancer

authors： Li B,Zhang L,Zhao J,Tan G,Zhang W,Zhang N,Tian J,Qu P

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00