SERUM NEOPTERIN CONCENTRATIONS AND TRYPTOPHAN DEGRADATION PATTERN IN PATIENTS WITH LATE STAGE LARYNX CARCINOMA

Serum neopterin concentrations and tryptophan degradation pattern in patients with late stage larynx carcinoma

As the disease-free 5-year-survival of late stage laryngeal carcinoma patients is extremely low, indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO)-induced tryptophan degradation may represent an immune escape mechanism which plays an important role in cancer spreading in advanced stage laryngeal cancers.We examined whether the late stage laryngeal cancer enhance

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Recruitment and retention of male educators in preschools: Implications for teacher education policy and practices

In the study reported on here we employed the interpretivist qualitative approach to explore the recruitment and retention of male educators in candle snuffer big w preschool centres.Purposive sampling was used to select 2 preschool owners, 2 principals, 4 preschool educators and 2 male educators in the Foundation Phase.Data were obtained by in-dep

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