Effects of smoking on oral cancer transcriptome by Zain, R.B., Karen-Ng, L.P., Cheong, S.C., Anwar, A., Mustaffa, W.M.W., Prepagaran, N., Zaini, Z., Merican, A.F., Abraham, M.T., Tay, K.K., Rahman, Z.A.A., Jallaludin, A.

“…Introduction: Oral cancer is a debilitating disease and the survival rates for these patients have not improved over the past decades. …”
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Genetic polymorphisms and risk of oral cancer by Zaini, Z.M., Karen-Ng, L.P., Cheong, S.C., Gurdeep, S.M., Yuen, K.M., Tay, K.K., Jalil, N., Ismail, S.M., Jallaluddin, A., Zain, R.B.

“…Objectives: This study was done to investigate the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) within genes of phase I (CYP1A1) and phase II (GSTM1, GSTT1,GSTP1) of the xenobiotic metabolism and its association with oral cancer risk.Methods: An unmatched case-control study was conducted using 207 newly diagnosed oral cancer patients and 117 non-cancer subjects selected from the OCRCC database. …”
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MDM2 splice variants in Oral Cancer by Sam, K.K., Ng, K.L.P., Ismail, S.M., Zain, R.B., Tay, K.K., Cheong, S.C., Chong, C.E., Lim, P., Teo, S.H.

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P-101. Oral cancer incidence in Kelantan, Malaysia by Ghazali, N., Zain, R.B., Samsudin, A.R., Rusdi, A.R.

“…Aim: A pilot study was carried out in the state of Kelantan, north-east of Malaysia, to determine the feasibility of using pathological and hospital databases to acquire incidence on oral cancer. Method: Data on OC patients (ICD-10: C00.3-00.5, C02-06) were obtained from incident surgical biopsy records of the two main referral centres for head and neck surgery in Kelantan namely, the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science and the Oral Surgery clinic, Kota Baru Hospital between January 1994 to December 1998. …”
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High throughput mutational profiling of signaling molecules in oral cancer by Zanaruddin, S.N.S., Cheong, S.C., Rahman, Z.A.A., Abd Ghani, W.M.N.W., Mustafa, W.M.W., Zain, R.B., Kong, Y.H., Hor, S.Y., Teo, S.H.

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Health beliefs in oral cancer: Malaysian estate Indian scenario by Tan, B.S., Ng, K.H., Esa, R.

“…About half of the subjects (n = 57, 50.9) felt susceptible to oral cancer. A majority of subjects (n = 93, 83.0) felt that oral cancer is a severe disease. …”
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Awareness and Knowledge of Oral Cancer among University students in Malaysia by Al-Dubai, S.A.R., Ganasegeran, K., Alabsi, A.M., Alshagga, M.A., Ali, R.S.

“…Objectives: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of oral cancer and its associated factors among university students in Malaysia. …”
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Dentists' perception of the Role they play in early detection of oral cancer by Saleh, A., Kong, Y.H., Vengu, N., Badrudeen, H., Zain, R.B., Cheong, S.C.

“…This study determined the levels of knowledge on early signs and risk factors associated with oral cancer and identified which factors influenced dentist participation in prevention and early detection of oral cancer. …”
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P126. Expression of GNA12 and its role in oral cancer by Gan, C.P., Zain, R.B., Abraham, M.T., Patel, V., Gutkind, J.S., Cheong, S.C., Chong, C.E., Hamid, S., Teo, Soo Hwang

“…Introduction: The variability of clinical outcomes in oral cancer patients and the heterogeneity of the disease are the main challenges for the improvement of current treatment modalities. …”
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Development of an ELISA method for the detection of HPV 16 in oral cancer patients by Wong, G.R., Ha, K.O., Himratul-Aznita, W.H., Cheong, S.C., Saini, R., Mustaffa, W.M.W., Jalil, N., Karen-Ng, L.P., Zain, R.B.

“…HPV ELISA was performed on sera from 18 healthy and 15 OSCC patients obtained from the Malaysian Oral Cancer Database & Tissue Bank System (MOCDTBS) which is coordinated by Oral Cancer Research & Coordinating Centre (OCRCC). …”
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Dietary consumptions pattern and risk of oral cancer: a Malaysian scenario by Helen-Ng, L.C., Ishak, I.A., Ghani, W.M.N., Marhazlinda, J., Norlida, A., Zain, R.B.

“…FA was also found to be a useful tool to identify dietary pattern and its relationship with oral cancer.…”
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Dietary pattern and oral cancer risk - a factor analysis study by Helen-Ng, L.C., Razak, I.A., Ghani, W.M.N., Marhazlinda, J., Norain, A.T., Jallaludin, R.L.R., Rahman, Z.A.A., Abdullah, N., Zain, R.B.

“…This study aims to determine the association of dietary patterns with oral cancer risk. Methods A total of 306 matched cases and controls were recruited in this study. …”
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A hybrid prognostic model for oral cancer based on clinicopathologic and genomic markers by Chang, S.W., Kareem, S.A., Merican, A.F.M.A., Zain, R.B.

“…This prognostic model is feasible to aid the clinicians in the decision support stage and to identify the high risk markers to better predict the survival rate for each oral cancer patient. …”
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Building partnership in oral cancer research in a developing country: processes and barriers. by Zain, R., Ghani, W.M.N., Razak, I.A., Latifah, R.J.R., Samsuddin, A.R., Cheong, S.C., Abdullah, N., Ismail, A.R., Hussaini, H., Talib, N.A., Jallaludin, A.

Cultural and dietary risk factors of oral cancer and precancer - a brief overview by Zain, R.B.

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Feature selection methods for optimizing clinicopathologic input variables in oral cancer prognosis by Chang, S.W., Kareem, S.A., Kallarakkal, A.F., Merican, A.F., Abraham, M.T., Zain, R.B.

“…The incidence of oral cancer is high for those of Indian ethnic origin in Malaysia. …”

Oral cancer awareness and its determinants among a selected Malaysian population by Ghani, W.M.N., Doss, J.G., Jamaluddin, M., Kamaruzaman, D., Zain, R.B.

“…Objective: To assess oral cancer awareness, its associated factors and related sources of information among a selected group of Malaysians. …”
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Aberrant Methylation of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit M2 Is Closely Associated with Oral Cancer by Kho, Goot Heah, Froemming, Gabriele Ruth Anisah, Zain, Rosnah B, Thong, Kwai Lin

“…Gene inactivation by promoter hypermethylation is a common occurrence in the development of various human cancers including oral cancer. Previous evidences observed that DNA methylation play a vital role in the carcinogenesis of oral cancer. …”
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A bootstrap-ANFIS framework for oral cancer prognosis based on clinical and genomic markers by Chang, Siow Wee, Sameem, A.K., Zain, R.B., Merican, A.F.M.A.

“…The incidence of oral cancer is high in Malaysia especially for those of Indian ethnic origin. …”
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PD.185 Oral cancer and precancer researchin Malaysia — the database and tissue resource bank by Zain, R.B., Latifah, R.J.R., Razak, I.A., Ismail, S.M., Samsuddin, A.R., Atiya, S.A., Hashim, B.Y., Jallaludin, A., Nasir, W.M., Cheong, S.C., Bustam, A.Z., Mahadzir, W.M.W., Abraham, M.T., Rahman, Z.A.A., Krishnan, G., Kipli, N.P., Norma, J., Tay, K.K., Yuen, K.M., Mocri Team, Members

“…Introduction: Uncoordinated data collection by different research groups prompted the initiation of Malaysian oral cancer Research Initiative (MOCRI) group. Objectives: To coordinate and standardize data and tissue collection and storage, develop a minimum dataset on risk factors, intervention techniques and quality of life of oral cancer patients. …”
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