Iliac crest bone grafting for mandibular reconstruction: 10-year experience outcomes by Timothy M. Osborn, Deeb Helal, Pushkar Mehra

“…Conclusions: Nonvascularized iliac crest bone grafts are highly successful in mandibular continuity reconstruction for non-Cancer patients and should be considered as first choice for defects less than 9 cm. …”
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Detection Of clbB and clbN Genes in Isolated Klebsiella Pneumoniae of Biopsies from Colorectal Cancer Patient in Erbil Province by Jutiyar Ibrahim, Hêro Farhad Salah

“…In this investigation conducted in Erbil province, klebsiella pneumoniae with pks+ island was considerably greater in CRC patients compared to non-cancer individuals.…”
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Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 inhibition induces ER stress-mediated apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells by Juwon Lee, Suin Jang, Jihye Im, Youngjin Han, Soochi Kim, HyunA Jo, Wenyu Wang, Untack Cho, Se Ik Kim, Aeran Seol, Boyun Kim, Yong Sang Song

“…Interestingly, SCD1 inhibition did not affect the viability of non-cancer cells, indicating selective cytotoxicity against EOC cells. …”
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A combination of metformin and epigallocatechin gallate potentiates glioma chemotherapy in vivo by Shreyas S. Kuduvalli, Precilla S. Daisy, Anandraj Vaithy, Mugilarasi Purushothaman, Arumugam Ramachandran Muralidharan, Arumugam Ramachandran Muralidharan, Kumar B. Agiesh, Markus Mezger, Justin S. Antony, Madhu Subramani, Biswajit Dubashi, Indrani Biswas, K. P. Guruprasad, T. S. Anitha

“…Repurposing of existing non-cancer drugs to treat oncology patients is gaining momentum in recent years. …”
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Kelp as a biomonitor of persistent organic pollutants in coastal areas of China: Contamination levels and human health risk by Rui Cheng, Jing Sun, Zhi-tong Liu, Wei Wu, Min Song, Yu-ting Lu, Tai-jun Hang

“…Finally, the data obtained was used to evaluate human non-cancer and cancer risks of PCBs and PBDEs via kelp consumption for Chinese. …”
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MR-metabolomics - towards the clinic? by Tonje H. Haukaas, Ailin F. Hansen, Marie Austdal, Tone F. Bathen, May-Britt Tessem

“…Here we focus on the role of MR-metabolomics in prostate- and breast cancer, and in major non-cancer conditions such as cardiac disease and preeclampsia. …”
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The association of prostatic lipids with progression, racial disparity and discovery of biomarkers in prostate cancer by Xinchun Zhou, Jinghe Mao, Wanxin Peng, Zhenbang Chen, Hao Mei, Patrick Kyle, Yinyuan Mo, Timothy C Allen

“…Methods: The electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry was applied to quantitate prostatic lipids in human and mouse PCa and non-cancer prostatic tissues. Biostatistics and bioinformatics were used to compare the concentrations of prostatic lipids at levels of total lipid, group, class and individual species between PCa and benign prostatic tissues, between races, and among pathological conditions of PCa. …”
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The gold complex auranofin: new perspectives for cancer therapy by Farah H. Abdalbari, Carlos M. Telleria

“…An alternate mechanism of action of auranofin is to mimic proteasomal inhibition by blocking the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS), which is critically important in cancer cells to prevent cell death when compared to non-cancer cells, because of its role on cell cycle regulation, protein degradation, gene expression, and DNA repair. …”
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Human Risk Due to Radon and Heavy Metals in Soil by Entesar H. El-Araby, Khaled Salman, Fawzia Mubarak

“…Hazard Index due to both carcinogenic and non-cancer hazards were calculated it exceeds permissible level for child due to Nickel and Chromium hence there is a significant risk on children in the study area. …”
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Role of Procalcitonin and Interleukin-6 in Predicting Cancer, and Its Progression Independent of Infection. by Anne-Marie Chaftari, Ray Hachem, Ruth Reitzel, Mary Jordan, Ying Jiang, Ammar Yousif, Kumait Garoge, Poonam Deshmukh, Zanaib Al Hamal, Joseph Jabbour, Alexander Hanania, Sammy Raad, Mohamed Jamal, Issam Raad

“…We identified 575 febrile cancer patients, 410 non-febrile cancer patients, and 79 non-cancer individuals. The median PCT level was lower in control subjects (0.029 ng/ml) compared to cancer patients with stage I-III disease (0.127 ng/ml) (p<0.0001) and stage IV disease (0.190 ng/ml) (p<0.0001). …”
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Programmed Cell Death Alterations Mediated by Synthetic Indole Chalcone Resulted in Cell Cycle Arrest, DNA Damage, Apoptosis and Signaling Pathway Modulations in Breast Cancer Mode... by Radka Michalkova, Martin Kello, Zuzana Kudlickova, Maria Gazdova, Ladislav Mirossay, Gabriela Mojzisova, Jan Mojzis

“…ZK-CH-11d significantly suppressed the proliferation of BC cells with minimal effect against non-cancer cells. This effect was associated with cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase and apoptosis induction. …”
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Appraising groundwater quality and the associated health risks of heavy metal contamination at Suame magazine by Robert A. Myers, Eric Gyimah, Kelvin Gbemadu, Bertha Osei, Osei Akoto

“…Results of health risk indices showed that ingestion of ground water could pose cancer and non-cancer risk for elements of As, Cd, and Cr to both children and adults. …”
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Heavy Metal Concentration and Health Risk Assessment of Some Species of Fish, Rasht, Iran by Ayub Ebadi Fathabad, Hossein Tajik, Nabi Shariatifar

“…Results: The highest concentrations of heavy metals included mercury in whitefish (1.29 ± 0.23 μg/g), lead in whitefish (4.54 ± 0.75 μg/g), cadmium in salmon (0.07 ± 0.01 μg/g), arsenic in whitefish (1.36± 0.15 μg/g), nickel in whitefish (0.61 ± 0.07 μg/g), tin in whitefish (0.63 ± 0.05 μg/g), and chromium in fish perch (1.52 ± 0.04 μg/g). Non-cancer risk for all heavy metals in all the species was less than 1. …”
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Circular RNA circRHOBTB3 is downregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and suppresses cell proliferation by inhibiting miR-18a maturation by Gang Hu, Shusen Zhai, Sheng Yu, Zhen Huang, Ran Gao

“…Methods In this study, circRHOBTB3, mature miR-18a, and miR-18a precursor in HCC and paired non-cancer tissues were detected by RT-qPCR. The role of circRHOBTB3 in the production of mature miR-18a was explored by transfecting circRHOBTB3 expression vector into HCC cells, followed by RT-qPCR to determine the expression of mature miR-18a and miR-18a precursor. …”
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Comparison between the Effectiveness Fecal Immunochemical Test and Colonoscopy As A Tool For Colorectal Cancer Early Detection by Yossi Andila, Reno Rudiman, Andriana Purnama

“…Thirty-eight patients were included in this study, consisting of 27 cancer patients and 11 non-cancer patients. Results showed that the sensitivity level of FIT was 81.5%, with 72.7% specificity. …”
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Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology of Hydrocodone for Chronic Pain: A Mini Review by Luigi Cardia, Gioacchino Calapai, Domenico Quattrone, Cristina Mondello, Vincenzo Arcoraci, Fabrizio Calapai, Carmen Mannucci, Epifanio Mondello

“…Weaker is the evidence of the analgesic effectiveness of ER hydrocodone on other chronic pain syndromes and non-cancer non-neuropathic chronic pain. In these conditions, hydrocodone showed to have positive effects in non-controlled open studies and needs to be further studied to assess the real strength of results.…”
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In Vitro Synergistic Enhancement of Newcastle Disease Virus to 5-Fluorouracil Cytotoxicity against Tumor Cells by Ahmed M. Al-Shammari, Marwa I. Salman, Yahya D. Saihood, Nahi Y. Yaseen, Khansaa Raed, Hiba Kareem Shaker, Aesar Ahmed, Aseel Khalid, Ahlam Duiach

“…Results: NDV was synergistic with 5-FU at low doses when used as a combination therapy on different cancer cells, and there were very mild effects on non-cancer cells. Conclusion: The combination of a virulent, non-pathogenic NDV–LaSota strain with a standard chemotherapeutic agent, 5-FU, has a synergistic effect on different tumor cells in vitro, suggesting this combination could be an important new adjuvant therapy for treating cancer.…”
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Bagarius bagarius, and Eichhornia crassipes are suitable bioindicators of heavy metal pollution, toxicity, and risk assessment by Mohammad Mahamood, Farmanur Rahman Khan, Farhana Zahir, Mehjbeen Javed, Saleh S. Alhewairini

“…Moreover, Bagarius sp. consumption could not pose any non-cancer risk. Although, lower cancer risk can be expected from Ni and Cr.…”
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Distribution of breast cancer risk factors in two groups of healthy people referral to cancer registry and Shahid Mottahari center by Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Parvaneh Golmohammadi, Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-Galougahi, Majid Sartipi, Hooshmand Sharfi, Mohammad Ahmadpour

“…Due to the easy availability of data on non-cancer patients referred to the cancer registry center, researchers may be encouraged to use them as a control group, but we must bear in mind that, this Group may be different in terms of some variables, and this difference leads to bias in the estimation of considered exposure effects. …”
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Pre-chemotherapy differences in visuospatial working memory in breast cancer patients compared to controls: An fMRI study. by Carole Susan Scherling, Barbara eCollins, Joyce eMacKenzie, Catherine eBielajew, Andra eSmith

“…MethodsEarly stage BC females (23), scanned after surgery but before chemotherapy, were individually matched to non-cancer controls. Participants underwent fMRI while performing a Visuospatial N-back task and data was analyzed by multiple group comparisons. …”
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