Aleyamma Mathew

..The aim of this feasibility study was to evaluate whether a diet-focused cohort study of cancer could be established in India, providing insight into potentially unique diet and lifestyle exposures...

..In conclusion, cytology screening in combination with HPV screening for high-risk HPV types may maximize the possibilities of having early cervical lesions detected and treated...

..Rothman's confidence interval gives the most satisfactory result for survival estimate...

..A prospective study of diet and cancer has not been conducted in India; consequently, little is known regarding follow-up rates or the completeness and accuracy of cancer case ascertainment...

..The proportion of BC avoided because of moderate or high PA was estimated to be 19% in urban women and 38% in rural women...

..Increased intake of dietary fiber was associated with a moderately decreased risk of adenomas...

..05-1.69 for 25.0-29.9 kg/m(2) and OR=1.56, 95% CI: 1.03-2.35 for 30+ kg/m(2)) were associated with pre-menopausal BC risk. Our data support the hypotheses that increased anthropometric factors are risk factors of BC in India...

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..The role of diet in India's rapidly progressing chronic disease epidemic is unclear; moreover, diet may vary considerably across North-South regions...

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..An attempt was made to understand the nicotine dependence of smokers selected for an ongoing smoking cessation intervention programme in rural Kerala, India...

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..Examining such rates may provide us with insights into future aetiological research possibilities as well as screening and prevention...

..04-1.06) per unit increase in BMI based on the cohort studies. The present analysis confirmed the evidence of kidney cancer risk with increased BMI in men and obesity may be responsible at least in part for the rising incidence rates...

..In the present paper, assessment of the level of confounding and interaction between risk factors are illustrated using a case-control study of lung cancer conducted at the Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum...

..An attempt was made to compare tobacco prevalence and socioeconomic factors of two groups (intervention and control) from a selected rural community in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India...

..Quality of life (QOL) scores were significantly higher among voice rehabilitated patients although this was accompanied by significant immediate and long-term morbidity and a cost implication for the patient...

..It probably has a therapeutic role in the selected cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity with N1 neck, and in these cases an extension of dissection to levels IV and V is beneficial...

..0-13.5) and consumption of high-temperature food (OR 7.0; 95% CI 3.7-12.9). On multivariate analysis, high consumption of rice, high consumption of chilli and consumption of high-temperature food were found to be independent risk factors...

..Malignant tumours of the minor salivary glands are rare and constitute less than 0.5% of all malignant neoplasms...

..The overall survival rate for patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the head and neck is good, however, disease-free survival is poor as the majority of these fail within 2 years of completing treatment...

..Increasing prevalence of obesity with higher proportion among women may be responsible for the rising incidence rates in women...

..Hypopharyngeal cancers therefore warrant a closer follow-up after an organ preservation protocol, to detect recurrence at the earliest stage and plan for an effective salvage surgery...

..Proxy reports were found to equally representative of patient's pain. VAS was the preferred pain assessment tool. In the absence of VAS scale, VDS also could be used. Proxy reports could be relied upon for management of pain...

..The aim of the study was to summarize bladder cancer risk in motor vehicle drivers and railroad workers using meta-analysis techniques...

..The 3 and 5 years disease-free survival were 72 and 61%, respectively. Non-smokers and patients with an advanced T stage at presentation had significantly worse prognoses...

..Malignant mucosal melanoma has aggressive biological behaviour and poor outcome. Radical surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy may provide a better local control and may help in improving survival...

..Primary sarcoma occurring in breast is rare and comprises 0.5-1% of all breast neoplasm. Majority of the series include both stromal and cystosarcoma phyllodes, only a few hundred cases of sarcomas other then cystosarcoma are reported...

..To assess the impact of secondary cytoreduction on survival in our patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer...

..Cancer of the oral cavity is one of the commonest cancers among males...

..5873), which requires further evaluation for confirmation of a common regulatory pathway that could be activated in the early onset of nodal metastasis...

..The problem is compounded in papers from third-world countries where bio-statisticians may not be available in all institutions to guide clinicians as to the selection of proper techniques...

..To investigate malignant mucosal melanoma (MMM), a rare disease and one which has, till lately, remained unrecognized. Incidence of MMM ranges from 2 to 10% in various series...

..7) showed a decreased hazards. Cystosarcoma phyllodes is a rare malignancy of the female breast. Surgery with adequate margins is the primary treatment. Adjuvant radiotherapy appears to improve the disease-free survival...

..Results of the present study suggest that contrary to the belief, the survival among young patients is almost similar to that in older patients...

..This novel concept may help scientist to overcome the immunological tolerance and anti-tumour ineffectiveness induced by many human cancer cells and may lead to generation of tumour-specific vaccines...

..The tumour is locally aggressive and metastasizes to regional nodes. The overall and disease free survival is poor with almost 50% patients failing loco-regionally within the first 2 years of follow-up...

..The aim is to study the clinical, radiological and pathological features of childhood and adolescent meningiomas and analyse outcome prognosticators...

..One patient was lost to follow-up. We suggest that data from various centres be pooled together in order to carry out a meta-analysis to address the question of optimal treatment for malignant melanoma of the upper aero-digestive tract...

..Incidence trends for renal parenchyma cancer tracked those for total kidney cancers, and appeared to result from increases in the prevalence of risk factors and in use of diagnostic imaging procedures...

..41 (95% CI 1.46-7.99). Furthermore, significant decreases in risks for all 3 cancer sites were observed in subjects who quit smoking even among those who had quit smoking 2-4 years before the interview...

..67, 95%CI=1.02-7.02). Bidi smoking seems to have a stronger carcinogenic effect than cigarette smoking: this difference holds no matter which aspect of smoking was considered...