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Cancer education in medical, nursing, and pharmacy schools in Egypt: features applicable to other countriesAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Cancer Educ 18:12-4. 2003..The medical and health-related educational system in Egypt has many limitations, but it has the structure and inherent ability to achieve cancer education goals...
Planning cancer prevention strategies based on epidemiologic characteristics: an Egyptian exampleA S Soliman
Dept of Epidemiology, The Univ of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
Public Health Rev 29:1-11. 2001..We describe the epidemiology, cancer prevention strategies, and educational messages to be learned from four characteristic cancers in Egypt: urinary bladder, liver, lung, and early-onset colorectal cancers...
Unusually high rate of young-onset pancreatic cancer in the East Nile Delta region of EgyptAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX 77030, USA
Int J Gastrointest Cancer 32:143-51. 2002..In Egypt, the disease has traditionally been considered rare, and there has not been a previous publication on its population-based incidence or age distribution...
Serum organochlorine levels and history of lactation in EgyptAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas, M D Anderson Cancer Center, Box 189 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Environ Res 92:110-7. 2003..Organochlorine serum level was not a risk factor of breast cancer in this population...
Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in Trivandrum, South IndiaSubhojit Dey
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Int J Cancer 125:1663-70. 2009..The findings of our study are significant in further understanding the relationship of ER status and risk factors of breast cancer in the context of the Indian subcontinent...
High levels of oxidative DNA damage in lymphocyte DNA of premenopausal breast cancer patients from EgyptAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, The University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
Int J Environ Health Res 14:121-34. 2004....
Differing molecular pathology of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in Egyptian and United States patientsAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Int J Cancer 119:1455-61. 2006..Our study identifies that there are differences in the types of mutations found in tumors from pancreatic carcinoma patients in Egypt and the US, and suggests that environmental factors may explain these differences...
Serum cadmium levels in pancreatic cancer patients from the East Nile Delta region of EgyptAlison M Kriegel
Department of Biochemistry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:113-9. 2006..RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE/PUBLIC HEALTH: Future studies should further investigate the etiologic relationship between cadmium exposure and pancreatic carcinogenesis in cadmium-exposed populations...
Pancreatic cancer mortality in Egypt: comparison to the United States pancreatic cancer mortality ratesAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 30:473-9. 2006..Because of availability of reliable mortality registration in Egypt, we used the national mortality data to estimate pancreatic cancer mortality in 2765 deaths from 2000 to 2004, and to gain insights into the disease incidence...
Differing DNA methylation patterns and gene mutation frequencies in colorectal carcinomas from Middle Eastern countriesAnnie O Chan
Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Cancer Res 11:8281-7. 2005..These molecular differences could affect prevention strategies, therapeutic efficacy, and transferability of clinical trial results...
Androgen profiles among Egyptian adults considering liver statusCristina E Aguilar
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23:e137-45. 2008..We aimed to evaluate liver diseases and sex steroid hormones in Egypt, which has the highest prevalence of HCV worldwide...
Differences in K-ras and p53 gene mutations among pancreatic adenocarcinomas associated with regional environmental pollutionAmr S Soliman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Carcinogenesis 28:1794-9. 2007..Variations in genetic mutations in pancreatic carcinoma between different geographical regions have not been studied extensively, especially in developing countries where pancreatic cancer is relatively rare...
Lifestyle, occupational, and reproductive factors in relation to pancreatic cancer riskAn Chi Lo
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Pancreas 35:120-9. 2007..This study examined the epidemiology of pancreatic cancer in Egypt...
The changing patterns of bladder cancer in Egypt over the past 26 yearsAshley S Felix
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 S Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:421-9. 2008..To evaluate temporal changes in histopathological types of bladder cancer and to assess associated changes in demographic, epidemiologic, and lifestyle risk factors...
Knowledge gained after a brief CME module on breast cancer diagnosisNamrata M Shah
University of Michigan School of Public Health, MI 48109, USA
J Cancer Educ 21:169-74. 2006..With the anticipated adoption of this module in Egypt and Tunisia, we expect to see more appropriate referrals to cancer centers. These results could guide future oncology CME for physicians in developing countries...
