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Fulltext Cases of mucocele treated in the Dental Department of Penang Hospital

Rashid, A.K., Anwar, N., Azizah, A.M., Narayan, K.A.

Archives of Orofacial Sciences, 2008;3(1):7-10.
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A mucous cyst is a benign, self limiting mucous containing cyst of the salivary glands commonly occuring in the oral cavity. Mucocele may develop following the obstruction of the salivary flow from secretory apparatus of the salivary gland. Mucoceles commonly occur on the lower lip but may occur in other locations too. The objective of the study was to determine the factors associated with mucocele in patients attending the dental clinic of Penang Hospital from January 2000 to December 2005. This is a retrospective record review analysis of all the total 35 cases treated during this period, comprising of 20 males (57.1%) and 15 females (42.9%) with Malays as the largest group of patients treated and, mainly students had seek treatment. Mucocele was frequently treated in patients aged 21 to 24 year old. The site of the mucocele was the lower lip and all of the cases were treated surgically. The size of the mucocele ranged from 0.5 to 5 centimetres with 1.0 cm as the most common size. Most of the patients gave a history of spontaneous development (71.4%), followed by lip biting (25.7%) and trauma (2.9%). Lip biting was more common among students (55.6%) as compared to others. There were only two recorded cases of recurrence.
Fulltext Case series analysis of oral cancer and their risk factors

Khan, A.R., Anwar, N., Manan, A.H.B., Narayan, K.A.

Malaysian Dental Journal, 2008;29(1):46-50.
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Cancer causes approximately 12% of all deaths throughout the world and is the third leading cause of death in developing countries. In Malaysia, Indians have the highest incidence of mouth cancer compared to other races, and females are more affected compared to males.
Objective: The main objective of this study was to analyze the cases of oral cancer treated in the dental department of Penang hospital, Malaysia and to determine the risk factors associated with oral cancer.

Methodology: We reviewed the medical reports of all the patients with oral cancer treated in the dental department of Penang General Hospital from 1994 to 2004.

Results: There were 46 cases of oral cancer treated by the dental department of Penang General Hospital during this time period. 22 were males and 24 females. The mean age of the patients was 61.2 years old. Indians comprised the majority of the cases (n=23; 50%) followed by Malays (n=12; 26.1%) and Chinese (n=11; 23.9%). Of these cases, 54.3% (n=25) had used quid, 39.1% (n=18) smoked cigarettes and 32.6% (n=15) consumed alcohol. Indians made up 76% (n=19) of all quid users (p=
Purchase Intention towards Alternative Medicine: A Study from Consumers' Perspective in Malaysia

Haque A, Anwar N, Yasmin F, Kumar Tarofder A, Maziz NMH

Iran J Public Health, 2020 Jan;49(1):193-195.
PMID: 32309241
Elevated serum soluble programmed death ligand 1 (sPD-L1) level correlate with clinical characteristics in breast cancer patients: A study at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

Amira Khairil Anwar N, Najmi Mohd Nazri M, Rosliza Mohd Adzemi E, Amilda Anthony A, Mohd Azlan M, Balakrishnan V, et al.

Cytokine, 2024 Jul 22;182:156698.
PMID: 39042994 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2024.156698

BACKGROUND: Elevated serum levels of soluble PD-L1 (sPD-L1) have been reported in many cancers; however, there is limited data of sPD-L1 in breast cancer, especially those representing Asian (Malay) women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate sPD-L1 serum levels and analyze its correlation with clinical characteristics in breast cancer patients at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM).
METHODS: Blood specimens were obtained from 92 malignant, 16 benign breast cancer patients and 23 healthy controls. The serum concentrations of sPD-L1 were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
RESULTS: The median serum sPD-L1 concentration of malignant and benign breast cancer patients was significantly elevated compared to the healthy cohorts (12.50 ng/mL vs 13.97 ng/mL vs 8.75 ng/mL, p