Rectal cancer: state of the art in 2012.

abstract：:The cancer patient often presents with fever and pulmonary infiltrates, in particular during the course of chemotherapy or after bone marrow transplantation. In these conditions, specific diagnoses are mainly related to an infective cause, but noninfectious processes, malignant or not, are also found alone or in combi...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Ninane V

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The accumulation of somatic mutations is the major driving force for tumorigenesis. These mutations uniquely differentiate tumor cells from their normal counterparts. Mutations within tumor cells and mutant DNA released by tumor cells into blood, lymph, stool, tissues and other bodily compartments can...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Diehl F,Diaz LA Jr

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Oral mucositis remains a frequent debilitating toxicity associated with drug and radiation regimens used to treat cancer. This review highlights the recent understanding of the biological basis, risk factors for, and management for oral mucositis. RECENT FINDINGS:Prevalence and incidence data for muc...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Villa A,Sonis ST

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the recent literature about liver cancers shows the increasing role of hepatitis C as a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. A new discussion has arisen with regard to the association between the use of oral contraceptives and hepatocellular carcinoma. Patients at risk for developin...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Weimann A,Oldhafer KJ,Pichlmayr R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of new active agents for the treatment of squamous carcinoma of the head and neck remains a high priority for clinical investigators. For the past several years a number of investigational drugs have demonstrated activity in patients with recurrent or metastatic disease. Included are the following a...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Murphy BA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to highlight recent studies on mammalian sirtuins that coordinately regulate cellular metabolic homeostasis upon fasting and to summarize the beneficial effects of fasting on carcinogenesis and cancer therapy. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent studies have demonstrated that fasting...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Zhu Y,Yan Y,Gius DR,Vassilopoulos A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The remarkable progress witnessed over the past few years in the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of chronic lymphocytic leukemia has profoundly changed the clinical approach to this disease. This review focuses on the most recent advances in the diagnostic and prognostic examination of patients with...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Gentile M,Mauro FR,Guarini A,Foà R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of five new immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer represents the first major treatment breakthrough for this disease since the introduction of combination chemotherapy over 30 years ago. This review examines th...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Tabayoyong W,Gao J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum-based combination and single-agent chemotherapy have become accepted as treatments for locally advanced and metastatic nonsmall cell lung cancer as a consequence of improved survival, quality of life, and symptom control compared with best supportive care. However, it is clear that a therapeutic plateau has b...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Booton R,Thatcher N

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the recent advancements and refinements of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy technique in breast cancer. RECENT FINDINGS:Data from four randomized controlled trials conclusively demonstrate that SLN biopsy is associated with less arm morbidity and better quality of life than a...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Goyal A,Mansel RE

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Increasing attention is being given to personalized medicine in oncology, where therapies are tailored to the particular characteristics of the individual cancer patient. In recent years, there has been greater focus on prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in prostate cancer (PCa) as a target for...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Bouchelouche K,Choyke PL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi sarcoma (KS), an unusual tumor of vascular origin, was one of the first recognized manifestations of AIDS. In the past few years, it has become clear that human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) is critical to the development of KS in the setting of immunosuppression, such as that seen with HIV infection. Other genetic and...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Mitsuyasu RT

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To highlight the most recent advances in the imaging of gliomas with a focus on high-grade gliomas. In the last several years, MRI and PET imaging of the brain have moved beyond anatomic imaging and are now capable of probing different aspects of tumor biology and response to treatment. These new tech...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Gerstner ER,Batchelor TT

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta is believed to play a dual role in carcinogenesis. Through its ability to inhibit cellular proliferation it suppresses tumor development in its early stages, but in the course of tumor progression malignant cells often acquire resistance to growth inhibition by transforming growth facto...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Wieser R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work in the field of molecular neuro-oncology has evolved from a purely descriptive catalogue of regional mutations to the implication of specific genes in the malignant process. Reverse genetic strategies have resulted in the cloning of the neurofibromatosis-1 and neurofibromatosis-2 genes, the molecular physiology o...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Mikkelsen T

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes recent studies on applications of molecular markers such as chromosome 1p/19q codeletion and MGMT status in the treatment of glioma. RECENT FINDINGS:Prospective trials confirmed that 1p/19q codeletion represents a strong and independent favourable prognostic factor in anaplasti...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Idbaih A,Omuro A,Ducray F,Hoang-Xuan K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its appeal, lung cancer screening has been found to be of little value at this time. However, use of monoclonal antibodies to detect cancer cells in the sputum may prove to be of value in high-risk subjects. Once a cancer is diagnosed, anatomic staging by the International TNM Staging System has shown its effe...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shields TW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is a tumor that offers unique possibilities for approaches to targeted therapy by virtue of the pigment biosynthesis pathway. Such approaches may seek to use the incorporation of toxic intermediates or to use the natural transcriptional control of genes coding for enzymes involved in melanin formati...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Hart IR,Vile RG

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Several epidemiologic studies have enhanced our understanding of the impact of respiratory viruses on bone marrow transplant recipients. RECENT FINDINGS:Respiratory viral infections occur frequently following stem cell transplantation but present atypically. Many patients have asymptomatic infections...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Ison MG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen as adjuvant systemic treatment after first isolated locoregional recurrence of breast cancer has been shown to decrease the subsequent locoregional relapse rate, but it affects neither distant metastases nor survival. In metastatic disease, tamoxifen has not improved response when added to ablation of ovaria...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Rubens RD

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The rising incidence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC), in large part as a result of the human papillomavirus (HPV), has driven a movement for the change in the management strategies. Renewed interest in minimally invasive approaches of endoscopic head and neck surgery led to introducti...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Dias FL,Walder F,Leonhardt FD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare tumor, and its optimal management is a matter of controversy. Recent developments of collaborative groups devoted to PCNSL have allowed to conduct randomized trials addressing important issues. In addition, genome wide analysis provided new ins...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Hottinger AF,Alentorn A,Hoang-Xuan K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although early clinical gene therapy trials for recurrent central nervous system neoplasms showed the proof-of-principle, they did not fulfill the high expectations suggested by the preclinical experimental data. Insufficient distribution of vectors in human brain tumors and very low transduction efficiency require th...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Weyerbrock A,Oldfield EH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow support (ABMS) has been employed with increasing frequency to treat patients with a variety of solid tumors. This paper explores the rationale and relevant clinical data for the use of this approach to treat patients with breast and ovaria...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Shpall EJ,Jones RB,Bearman S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of tumors arising from or, by extension, involving the skull base is complex due to the density and sensitivity of nearby neurovascular structures, the proximity of these structures to the relatively contaminated spaces of the paranasal sinuses or ear and mastoid, the varied pathologic entities encounte...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： DeMonte F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To present the model of the Supportive Care in Cancer Unit (SCCU) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of Milan. RECENT FINDINGS:In the last few years, there has been a debate on different models of integration of palliative care in oncology, on early palliative care, supportive care, supportive an...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Ida RC,Adelaide PM,Stefania B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:As the number and uses for targeted therapies such as epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors (EGFRIs) increase, so does the need to recognize and treat the dermatologic side-effects of these agents. Although agents such as gefitinib, erlotinib, cetuximab, lapatinib, and panitumumab have less syst...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Wu PA,Balagula Y,Lacouture ME,Anadkat MJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment options for patients with recurrent head and neck malignancies arising in a previously irradiated field are limited. Surgical salvage is feasible in a minority of patients. The majority are referred for palliative chemotherapy with no realistic chance for cure. Data are accumulating to support reirradiat...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Garofalo MC,Haraf DJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder characterized by the infiltration of involved tissues by specialized dendritic cells. The demonstration of the constant activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in LCH lesions has been a breakthrough in the understanding o...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Jouenne F,Benattia A,Tazi A

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine the most recent changes in published guidelines by various organizations for the treatment of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. This document provides a comparison of recommendations for common topics currently found in available thyroid cancer care guidelines. RECENT FINDINGS:R...

journal_title：Current opinion in oncology

authors： Miller BS,Doherty GM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00