Title: Testicular cancer and
infertility Abstract: Sertoli cells in the fetal or neonatal
period. Sertoli cells (the supporting cells in the
seminiferous tubules that control the intratubular environment)
supply key metabolites to germ cells and transduce hormonal
signals to germ cells, and an abnormality in their functioning may
alter the fate of gonocytes.6 Instead of differentiating to form
spermatogonia and thus initiating spermatogenesis,... Source:
British Medical Journal http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d427af9f/
Title:
Irinotecan plus Fluorouracil and Leucovorin for Metastatic Colorectal
Cancer Abstract: The New England Journal of Medicine - September
28, 2000 - Vol. 343, No. 13 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Irinotecan plus
Fluorouracil and Leucovorin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Leonard
B. Saltz, John V. Cox, Charles Blanke, Lee S. Rosen, Louis
Fehrenbacher, Malcolm J. Moore, Jean A. Maroun, Stephen P. Ackland,
Paula K. Locker, Nicoletta Pirotta, Gary L. Elfring, Langdon
L. Miller, for the... Source: The New England Journal of
Medicine http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d2d0f26d/
Title:
Risk of testicular cancer in men with abnormal semen characteristics:
cohort study Abstract: Analysis Laboratory in Copenhagen during
1963-95. Main outcome measure: Standardised incidence ratios
of testicular cancer compared with total population of
Danish men. Results: Men in couples with fertility problems were more
likely to develop testicular cancer than other men (89 cases,
standardised incidence ratio 1.6; 95% confidence interval 1.3 to 1.9).
The risk was relatively... Source: British Medical
Journal http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d427b052/
Title:
Relationship Between Glucose Metabolism and Pancreatic
Cancer Abstract: Gapstur and colleagues1 observed that higher
postload plasma glucose levels were associated with an increased
relative risk for pancreatic cancer in their sample of patients, most
of whom were white. While working with a predominantly Hispanic adult
patient population during the last 6 years, I have come across
3 cases of hepatobiliary cancer in patients with diabetes,
none of whom... Source: Journal of the American Medical
Association http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d17f6e9b/
Title:
Effect of NHS breast screening programme on mortality from breast
cancer in England and Wales, 1990-8: comparison of observed with
predicted mortality Abstract: Intelligence Centre b, P J Babb,
epidemiologist b. a Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute
of Cancer Research, Section of Epidemiology, Sutton, Surrey
SM2 5NG, b Office for National Statistics, Demography and Health
Division, London SW1V 2QQ Correspondence to: S M Moss s.moss@icr.ac.uk Abstract Top Abstract Introduction Method Results Discussion
Appendix References Objective:... Source: British Medical
Journal http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d426d990/
Title:
Epidemiology Abstract: Peter Boyle, J S Langman. In countries with
a westernised lifestyle about half of all deaths are caused
by circulatory disease and a quarter by cancer. Cancer is an important
problem in both public health and political terms worldwide,
irrespective of a country's development. The most recent estimates of
the global cancer burden suggest that there were 8.1 million new
cases, excluding... Source: British Medical Journal http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d422647/
Title:
Moving beyond Fluorouracil for Colorectal Cancer Abstract: The New England
Journal of Medicine - September 28, 2000 - Vol. 343, No. 13 EDITORIAL
Moving beyond Fluorouracil for Colorectal Cancer For more than
40 years, fluorouracil has been the mainstay of treatment
for advanced colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of
cancer-related death in the United States. The drug is thought to act
primarily by inhibiting the enzyme thymidylate... Source: The New
England Journal of Medicine http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/j/39d2d0ba0/
