Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for gastrointestinal tumors.

abstract：:Health-related quality of life (QOL) outcomes are frequently used by clinicians, patients, and researchers for assessing the effectiveness of an intervention. Small differences in QOL may be statistically significant but their clinical relevance remains undefined. The smallest changes in QOL scores of the anterior sku...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Amit M,Abergel A,Fliss DM,Gil Z

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Older adults with cancer have complex medical needs and often experience higher rates of treatment-related toxicities compared to their younger counterparts. The advent of health information technologies can address multiple gaps in the care of this population. We review the role of existing and emerg...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Loh KP,McHugh C,Mohile SG,Mustian K,Flannery M,Klepin H,Schnall R,Culakova E,Ramsdale E

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Variant forms of bladder cancer are non-urothelial neoplasms or urothelial carcinomas mixed with other histologies. Compared to pure urothelial carcinoma, they all present with a high stage and grade. Prognosis is variable and there is a lack of evidence regarding the ideal treatment approach, because of their relativ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Pons F,Orsola A,Morote J,Bellmunt J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this review is to sum up the state of the art of urachal carcinoma (UC) in order to easily guide clinicians. RECENT FINDINGS:UC is a rare and aggressive disease with consequent few data about diagnosis and treatment. Dates are mainly based on retrospective trial and case reports with limit...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Claps M,Stellato M,Zattarin E,Mennitto A,Sepe P,Guadalupi V,Mennitto R,de Braud FGM,Verzoni E,Procopio G

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Skull base reirradiation is challenging due to complex anatomy, enrichment of treatment-resistant clonogens, and increased risk of severe treatment complications. Without local therapy, early mortality is certain and tumor progression can result in debilitating symptoms. Modern radiotherapy advancemen...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Ho JC,Phan J

更新日期：2017-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary intraocular lymphoma (PIOL) is a subset of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) in which malignant lymphoid cells invade the retina, vitreous body, or optic nerve head. It is usually a large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. PIOL typically presents as a vitritis that is unresponsive to corticosteroid t...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Kim SK,Chan CC,Wallace DJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common soft tissue sarcoma, and most feature abnormalities in two genes encoding the receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), KIT, and PDGFRA. The RTK inhibitor imatinib revolutionized treatment in GIST; however, drug resistance remains a challenge. Constitutive autophosph...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Patel S

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of somatic driver mutations in human samples has allowed for the development of a molecular classification for melanoma. Recent breakthroughs in the treatment of metastatic melanoma have arisen as a result of these significant new insights into the molecular biology of the disease, particularly the ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Mehnert JM,Kluger HM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article, which published in Current Oncology Reports, Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2019, contained an error in addressing the indication for use of neratinib in early stage breast cancer. ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Leone JP,Lin NU

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) consist of a heterogeneous group of rare malignancies arising from mesenchymal origin. While surgical resection is the primary treatment for STS, the use of radiotherapy (RT) as an adjunctive modality has been shown to improve oncologic outcomes. Technologic improvements, such as image guida...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Blumenfeld P,Sen N,Abrams R,Wang D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of our ability to diagnose and classify lymphomas in an increasingly refined manner has paralleled the development of novel technologic approaches, with contemporary practice dependent upon the harnessing of a plethora of data that include microscopic, immunophenotypic, and genetic information. Although ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Bagg A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoma is the third most common cancer in children and adolescents. Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas comprise a heterogeneous group of tumors with distinct pathologic and clinical characteristics. Over the past three decades, significant advancements have been made in the molecular characterization of these disorders. With t...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Shukla NN,Trippett TM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After decades of reluctance to change surgical approaches, new technologies have created new perspectives for surgery. Initially, the laparoscopic approach was considered to be only one useful for relatively simple procedures as the design of the instruments and the limited access hampered free movements to perform co...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Verheijen R,Zweemer R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful immune targeting of malignancies hinges upon the ability to activate specific T-cell populations to recognize and attack tumor but spare normal vital tissues. Investigators in the field of tumor immunology are currently utilizing at least three distinct approaches toward this goal. In the first approach, mo...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Mackall CL,Helman LJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC) has long been treated preferably with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, but many patients are cisplatin-ineligible whereas for those who progress on a platinum-based regimen treatment options are limited. We review key recent data regarding immune checkpoint inhibitors ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Koshkin VS,Grivas P

更新日期：2018-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL) are rare and aggressive subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Compared to B cell lymphomas, the immunologic phenotype of PTCL portends a poorer prognosis, with the exception of anaplastic large cell lymphoma bearing the anaplastic lymphoma kinase protein. Patients with PTCL tend to pre...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Casulo C,Horwitz S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malnutrition is common in patients with cancer and is associated with a variety of negative outcomes. These can include reduced treatment tolerance and worsened cancer prognosis. Various aspects of aging, including sensory, physical, or psychosocial changes, place older patients at a particularly high risk for malnutr...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Jain R,Dotan E

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an uncommon B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, comprising approximately 6-8% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas. MCL is biologically and clinically heterogeneous, and there is no standard treatment for MCL. Although untreated MCL often responds well to frontline combination chemotherapy, relapsed, re...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Kumar A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Surgical management of locally advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas (OCSCC) has long been recognized as a primary treatment modality. Technological advances have led to significant improvements in our surgical approach, from improvement in the visualization of tumors to more efficient and pre...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Yao CMKL,Chang EI,Lai SY

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) has unique physical properties (e.g., Bragg Peak) that limit the amount of normal tissue irradiated in the head and neck region while maximizing the radiation delivered to the tumor. Radiation therapy is commonly used in both the primary and adjuvant setting for many head and neck ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Frank SJ,Selek U

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Siltuximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin-6 (IL-6), which in the fall of 2014 became the first FDA-approved treatment of the rare disease idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD). MCD is a non-clonal lymphoproliferative disorder in which common symptoms include fever, night sweats, we...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Davis CC,Shah KS,Lechowicz MJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prodrug strategy has its own particular real and theoretic obstacles. Clinical strategies and research efforts have tried to approach these problems. The bystander effect, whereby nontransduced cells are affected by simple proximity to those that have received the novel gene, has enabled many prodrug systems to be...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Smythe WR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases seem to be an almost inevitable complication in patients with metastatic melanoma. Except for the rare patients who can undergo successful surgical resection of brain metastases, current management strategies do not appear adequate and result in a poor outcome (median survival, 2-4 months). In recent ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Majer M,Samlowski WE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study (IRS) Committee in 1972 by three extant American pediatric cooperative groups initiated five generations of studies in the multidisciplinary treatment of soft-tissue sarcomas. Taking the lead from the use of vincristine, actinomycin-D, and cyclophosphamide (VA...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Ruymann FB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with head and neck cancers are excellent candidates for gene therapy. With few effective alternatives for patients with recurrent or locally metastatic disease, gene therapy offers a new approach for local control and the possibility to enhance other treatment modalities as well. Different therapeutic genes, ...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Clayman GL,Dreiling L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypogonadism is common throughout the illness trajectory of patients with cancer. About two thirds of male patients with advanced cancer have hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal dysfunction and low testosterone levels. Chronic inflammation, comorbidities, cachexia, chemotherapy, and medications such as opioids, megestrol a...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Dev R,Bruera E,Del Fabbro E

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The result of a lung cancer screening program should be fewer lung cancer-specific deaths in the screened population. Studies evaluating chest imaging as a screening tool for lung cancer have not shown a reduction in lung cancer-specific mortality to date. The ability of institutions using chest imaging to meet the cr...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Mazzone PJ,Mekhail T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of targeted therapies, specifically those that target the VEGF receptor (VEGFR), PDGF receptor (PDGFR) and the mTOR pathways, has significantly changed the approach to patients with unresectable renal cell cancer (RCC). However, drug resistance develops through bypassing of targeted pathways. Regorafe...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Zaki K,Aslam S,Eisen T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway is considered to be the most important signal transduction pathway in melanoma, and alterations in this pathway via various genetic mutations, such as BRAF and NRAS mutations, are known to be important drivers of melanomagenesis. As MEK is an essential intermediary kinase protein within thi...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Salama AK,Kim KB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflibercept (known as ziv-aflibercept in the USA and sold under the trade name Zaltrap®) is a human recombinant fusion protein with antiangiogenic effects that functions as a decoy receptor to bind vascular endothelial growth factors A and B and placental growth factor. Its unique mechanism of action with respect to o...

journal_title：Current oncology reports

authors： Ciombor KK,Berlin J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00