A prospective pilot study to evaluate a new dental assessment and treatment paradigm for patients scheduled to undergo intensive chemotherapy for cancer.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The growing diversity of the population of the United States and the high burden of cancer-related symptoms reflect the need for caregiver research within underserved groups. In this longitudinal study, the authors assessed changes in symptom severity in caregivers and underserved minority patients diagnosed...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Palos GR,Mendoza TR,Liao KP,Anderson KO,Garcia-Gonzalez A,Hahn K,Nazario A,Ramondetta LM,Valero V,Lynch GR,Jibaja-Weiss ML,Cleeland CS

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The vast majority of soft tissue sarcomas spread initially to the lungs and then to other sites. The lung has been the most carefully monitored organ system during routine surveillance for a metastasis. Liposarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas and has been noted to have extrapulmonary sites...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cheng EY,Springfield DS,Mankin HJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indirect data supporting a preexisting immunologic impairment in patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) have been presented in recent years. These immunologic defects are supposed to be related to genetic and/or environmental factors. In this study, 65 first-degree relatives and 12 spouses of 21 consecutive patients wit...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merk K,Björkholm M,Tullgren O,Mellstedt H,Holm G

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several histologic classifications of thymomas have been proposed, and attempts have been made to correlate the different histologic subtypes to clinical behavior and prognosis. Recently, Marino and Müller-Hermelink and Kirchner et al. proposed a new morphologic classification of thymomas based on the resemb...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Quintanilla-Martinez L,Wilkins EW Jr,Choi N,Efird J,Hug E,Harris NL

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Active surveillance (AS) with deferred treatment is an established management option for patients with prostate cancer and favorable clinical parameters. The impact of repeat biopsy after diagnosis was examined in a cohort of men with prostate cancer on AS. METHODS:In all, 186 men with prostate cancer with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Al Otaibi M,Ross P,Fahmy N,Jeyaganth S,Trottier H,Sircar K,Bégin LR,Souhami L,Kassouf W,Aprikian A,Tanguay S

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent clinical trials have documented activity for combinations of chemotherapeutic agents that target the microtubular apparatus in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Taxol has a novel antimicrotubular mechanism, acting by stabilizing polymerized tubulin. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Roth BJ,Yeap BY,Wilding G,Kasimis B,McLeod D,Loehrer PJ

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic status represents an established barrier to health care access. Age, sex, and race may also play a role. The authors examined whether these affect the access to high-volume hospitals for uro-oncologic procedures in the United States. METHODS:Within the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), the au...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Trinh QD,Sun M,Sammon J,Bianchi M,Sukumar S,Ghani KR,Jeong W,Dabaja A,Shariat SF,Perrotte P,Agarwal PK,Rogers CG,Peabody JO,Menon M,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) complete response (PSA-CR), measured at the end of external-beam radiotherapy and short-term hormone therapy, on treatment outcomes. METHODS:The phase 3 Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 9413 trial, as part of its origi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Cury FL,Hunt D,Roach M 3rd,Shipley W,Gore E,Hsu IC,Krisch RE,Seider MJ,Sandler H,Lawton C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genes involved in the angiopoietin and pericyte pathways may become escape mechanisms under antivascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy. The authors investigated whether variations within genes in these pathways are associated with clinical outcome in patients with colorectal liver metastases ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Stremitzer S,Zhang W,Yang D,Ning Y,Stintzing S,Sebio A,Sunakawa Y,Yamauchi S,Matsusaka S,El-Khoueiry R,Stift J,Wrba F,Gruenberger T,Lenz HJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients with isolated vaginal recurrence of their previously treated endometrial carcinoma were treated with radiation therapy at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem between 1971 and 1982. Most patients received external beam irradiation which were followed by boost treatments that were delivered ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Greven K,Olds W

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poor enrollment of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) (ages 15-39 years) onto cancer clinical trials (CCTs) may contribute to inferior survival gains compared with children. In this study, the authors assessed whether differences in CCT availability would explain lower CCT enrollment for early AYAs (eAYAs) ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas SM,Malvar J,Tran H,Shows J,Freyer DR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children receiving immunosuppressive treatment for cancer are at high risk for invasive pneumococcal disease. The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) can prevent pneumococcal disease in healthy children; however, there is an absence of literature regarding the benefit of PCV13 in immunocompromis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hung TY,Kotecha RS,Blyth CC,Steed SK,Thornton RB,Ryan AL,Cole CH,Richmond PC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastric carcinoids are uncommon, and are unlike carcinoids at other gastrointestinal sites, clinically and pathologically. METHODS:The authors studied specimens from 104 patients with gastric carcinoid, with study emphasis being placed on pathologic features, immunohistochemistry, clinical associations, and...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Thomas RM,Baybick JH,Elsayed AM,Sobin LH

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrients as therapy for patients with cancer are important as adjunctive therapy, i.e., adequate nutrition may be important for the success of whatever form of therapy is administered. Diets deficient in certain amino acids have some selectivity when tested against experimental tumors propagated in vivo. Such diets h...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bertino JR

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer Stage IV advanced pancreatic carcinoma have been treated by systemic chemotherapy, intraarterial chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and multidisciplinary treatment using a combination of these. However, the outcome has not always been satisfactory. In the curren...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Homma H,Doi T,Mezawa S,Takada K,Kukitsu T,Oku T,Akiyama T,Kusakabe T,Miyanishi K,Niitsu Y

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The histologic features of a malignant clear cell acrospiroma were those of infiltrative local growth, frequent mitoses and angiolymphatic invasion. The histochemical and ultrastructural findings were similar to those reported for benign clear cell acrospriomas. Amputation of the leg and regional node dissection were ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Headington JT,Niederhuber JE,Beals TF

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:RUNX3 is a tumor suppressor that plays important roles in cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis. The authors investigated the role of RUNX3 in melanoma pathogenesis and analyzed the prognostic impact of RUNX3 expression in a large series of melanoma patients. METHODS:Two sets of tissue microarrays w...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zhang Z,Chen G,Cheng Y,Martinka M,Li G

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess the value of combined-modality therapy in elderly patients by comparing the differences in outcome between patients who received radiotherapy (RT) alone and patients who received RT plus chemotherapy for stage III nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:The North...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schild SE,Mandrekar SJ,Jatoi A,McGinnis WL,Stella PJ,Deming RL,Jett JR,Garces YI,Allen KL,Adjei AA,North Central Cancer Treatment GroupThis study was conducted as a collaborative trial of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group and

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to determine the potential economic implications resulting from using exemestane (EXE), a new steroidal, irreversible aromatase inactivator, compared with megestrol acetate (MA) in patients with advanced breast carcinoma. METHODS:The model used the clinical results from the m...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hillner BE,Radice D

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with cancer that persisted after multiple exploratory laparotomies, external beam radiation therapy, and multidrug chemotherapy had gold 198 (198Au) seeds implanted into their localized but unresectable tumor. Both children are alive, are receiving no therapy, and are disease-free more than 2 years later....

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Knight PJ,Doornbos JF,Rosen D,Lin JJ,Farha GJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of children with hypothalamic (H) and/or chiasmatic (C) tumors remains controversial. We evaluated the impact of clinical and neuroimaging parameters and primary therapy on overall (OS) and progression-free (PFS) survival and on neuroendocrine and neurocognitive outcome in children with H and/...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fouladi M,Wallace D,Langston JW,Mulhern R,Rose SR,Gajjar A,Sanford RA,Merchant TE,Jenkins JJ,Kun LE,Heideman RL

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD), with progression to immunoblastic lymphoma (IL) and prominent gastric involvement are presented, and detailed immunohistologic studies described. In one case, Bence Jones proteinuria of the kappa type was observed during the course of ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bauer TW,Mendelsohn G,Humphrey RL,Mann RB

更新日期：1982-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the current study, the authors attempted to describe the incidence, most common sites, and mortality of second primary malignancies among survivors of common cancers. METHODS:The authors identified patients aged ≥18 years who were diagnosed with a primary malignancy from the 10 most common cancer sites (...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Donin N,Filson C,Drakaki A,Tan HJ,Castillo A,Kwan L,Litwin M,Chamie K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with 16 metastatic ostogenic sarcoma lesions were treated with high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) with citrovorum factor rescue (CFR), adriamycin, and pulse high-dose cyclophosphamide combined with radiation therapy. Thirteen of 16 lesions responded. Responses consisted of relief of pain (6/6 patients) i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rosen G,Tefft M,Martinez A,Cham W,Murphy ML

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Partial splenic embolization (PSE) has been used to improve hematologic parameters related to hypersplenism. The purpose of this study was to review our institutional experience with PSE for cancer patients with thrombocytopenia because of splenic sequestration precluding the administration of systemic thera...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Kauffman CR,Mahvash A,Kopetz S,Wolff RA,Ensor J,Wallace MJ

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The various radiologic methods used in the detection of hepatic lesions in the oncologic patient are discussed. The advantages and disadvantages of each imaging technique as well as a new diagnostic approach are also discussed. With the rapid technological advances made in cross-sectional imaging, the authors believe ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Bernardino ME,Lewis E

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical removal of bulky metastases of non-seminomatous germ-cell testicular cancer has been advocated as an adjuvant to chemotherapy in patients whose disease probably is too extensive to be cured by chemotherapy or surgery alone. However, in 8 of our patients, cytoreductive surgery was followed by a sudden and dram...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lange PH,Hekmat K,Bosl G,Kennedy BJ,Fraley EE

更新日期：1980-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The individual medical histories in the files of the Oxford Record Linkage Study for the years 1963 to 1967 were analyzed to ascertain any previously unsuspected associations between cancers of the large bowel and other diseases in individuals, and to quantify the relative risks of disorders already known to be associ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Adelstein P,Baldwin JA,Fedrich J

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Well differentiated (WD) and dedifferentiated (DD) retroperitoneal liposarcoma (RPLS) have distinct biologic behaviors. Consequently, the therapeutic approaches for these tumors differ and mandate an accurate preoperative diagnosis. The authors of this report evaluated whether computed tomography (CT) can be...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lahat G,Madewell JE,Anaya DA,Qiao W,Tuvin D,Benjamin RS,Lev DC,Pollock RE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Testicular cancer is curable in the majority of men, and persisting treatment toxicity is a concern. The authors report a cross-sectional study of the long-term effects of chemotherapy (C) on neurologic function and development of Raynaud phenomenon. METHODS:Seven hundred thirty-nine patients who were treat...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Glendenning JL,Barbachano Y,Norman AR,Dearnaley DP,Horwich A,Huddart RA

更新日期：2010-05-15 00:00:00