Effects of health insurance and race on breast carcinoma treatments and outcomes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether patient navigation improves outcomes for patients with comorbidities is unknown. The aims of this study were to determine the effect of comorbidities on the time to diagnostic resolution after an abnormal cancer screening test and to examine whether patient navigation improves the timeliness and like...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Whitley EM,Raich PC,Dudley DJ,Freund KM,Paskett ED,Patierno SR,Simon M,Warren-Mears V,Snyder FR,Patient Navigation Research Program Investigators.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 55 patients with Ollier's disease seen at the Mayo Clinic between 1907 and 1985, 16 had malignant bone neoplasms: 12 chondrosarcomas, two dedifferentiated chondrosarcomas, one chordoma, and one osteosarcoma. One patient had a chondrosarcoma in two different bones. These findings suggest that approximately 30% of pa...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Liu J,Hudkins PG,Swee RG,Unni KK

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight cases of primary insular carcinoid of the ovary were analyzed from a clinicopathologic viewpoint. Sixteen (33%) were associated with preoperative clinical evidence of the carcinoid syndrome. At operation only one ovary was usually enlarged, but in 16% the contralateral ovary was also enlarged by either a d...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Robboy SJ,Norris HJ,Scully RE

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a randomized Phase II study, the authors evaluated the activity and toxicity of the new cisplatin, doxorubicin, and mitomycin C (PAM) combination, that includes cisplatin (P) instead of 5-fluorouracil as in the 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and mitomycin C (FAM) combination, in patients with advanced gastr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： De Lisi V,Cocconi G,Angelini F,Cavicchi F,Di Costanzo F,Gilli G,Rodinò C,Soldani M,Tonato M,Finardi C

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral tongue cancer incidence has increased among whites in the United States; however, the cause remains unknown. If an infectious agent is implicated, then elevated risk would be expected among immunosuppressed individuals. METHODS:By using population-based registry linkage information from the US Transpla...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Tota JE,Engels EA,Madeleine MM,Clarke CA,Lynch CF,Ortiz AP,Hernandez BY,Chaturvedi AK

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of the current 6th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor staging criteria in improving outcome prediction for patients with oropharyngeal cancer was analyzed. METHODS:From the database of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Can...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Asper JA,Morrison WH,Rosenthal DI,Ahamad A,Ang KK,Garden AS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopsy specimens from 62 human single primary squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the head and neck were xenografted into nude mice. To evaluate the prognostic significance of successful heterotransplantation, the 62 cases were retrospectively examined for survival, adjusting for possible confounders by multivariate ana...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Zätterström UK,Wennerberg J,Attewell R,Ask A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy once relegated to end stage patients has markedly improved with the use of combinations. Response rates with single agents have improved from 15 to 35%, to 50 to 70%, using combinations with an increase in complete response rates to about 25%. A series of four studies completed by the Eastern Cooperative ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Carbone PP,Bauer M,Band P,Tormey D

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Histologic response to chemotherapy has been shown to be an independent prognostic factor in patients with osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. However, in patients with soft tissue sarcoma (STS), the prognostic impact of histologic response to chemotherapy is less clear. In the current study, the authors sought ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mullen JT,Hornicek FJ,Harmon DC,Raskin KA,Chen YL,Szymonifka J,Yeap BY,Choy E,DeLaney TF,Nielsen GP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two consecutive trials for the treatment of childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were evaluated, carried out by the same cooperative groups. Group A: From June, 1973 to December, 1975, 50 evaluable patients under 16 years of age participated in a study that included vincristine and prednisone plus surgery and/or radiother...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sackmann-Muriel F,Diez B,Schvartzman E,Braier JL,Schwartz L,Gallo G,Pavlovsky S

更新日期：1984-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the characteristic histopathologic appearance of alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS), its histogenesis remains unclear, and cytogenetic analysis of ASPS is limited to eight cases so far because of the extreme rarity of this disease. METHODS:The authors document a cytogenetic study of a primary case of...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Joyama S,Ueda T,Shimizu K,Kudawara I,Mano M,Funai H,Takemura K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paclitaxel currently is administered by prolonged intravenous infusion because of the occurrence of severe hypersensitivity reactions in patients in early clinical trials. However, intensive premedication probably is more important in eliminating allergic reactions than is the length of infusion. The authors...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Hainsworth JD,Greco FA

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant schwannomas with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation have been termed malignant "Triton" tumors (MTT). To define the natural history of MTT, we have analyzed our experience (9 cases, the largest series reported) in combination with the 27 previously described in the literature (total 36 cases). This study was i...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Brooks JS,Freeman M,Enterline HT

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the immunologic activity of regional lymph nodes, the phenotype of lymphocytes and the functional expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) on lymph node lymphocytes (LNL-: uninvolved, LNL+: involved) were investigated in patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma. METHODS:The lymphocyte subpop...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shinkal H,Kitayama J,Kimura W,Muto T,Shibata Y

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) arising in actinically damaged skin, unassociated with chronic inflammation or injury, are generally regarded as nonaggressive lesions. These tumors occasionally recur or metastasize, however, as do de novo SCC. The authors reviewed 63 patients with cutaneous SCC of the trunk o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Friedman HI,Cooper PH,Wanebo HJ

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of the serum level of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as an indicator of recurrent colorectal carcinoma has been accepted, and the use of serial CEA levels to monitor postoperative chemotherapy has been suggested, However, elevated CEA levels may be associated with nonneoplastic conditions, of which the most ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Savrin RA,Martin EW Jr

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Wilms' tumor in adolescent males are presented. The clinical and radiographic findings were unusual and both presented atypical gross and microscopic features that could be correlated with the radiographic findings. Histologic examination of both tumors showed evidence of tubular and glomerular maturation...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Merten DF,Yang SS,Bernstein J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperglycemia is often observed in medically ill patients. Previous studies have shown that patients with hyperglycemia during induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia develop more infections and have shorter disease-free survival. The authors hypothesized that hyperglycemia may be associated with ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ali NA,O'Brien JM Jr,Blum W,Byrd JC,Klisovic RB,Marcucci G,Phillips G,Marsh CB,Lemeshow S,Grever MR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologicals and biological response modifiers (BRMs) represent a new class of agents for cancer therapy. Historically, there have been many attempts to stimulate the immune response with nonspecific immunomodulators in the form of bacterial extracts, viruses, and chemicals. Although these approaches have occasionally ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Oldham RK,Thurman GB,Talmadge JE,Stevenson HC,Foon KA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial effusion and trifascicular block developed 5 years following mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease in a 19-year-old patient. Another 24-year-old patients had an acute myocardial infarction followed by severe angina pectoris 5 years following mediastinal irradiation for the same disease. A pericardi...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ali MK,Kahlil KG,Fuller LM,Leachman RD,Sullivan MP,Loh KK,Gamble JF,Shullenberger CC

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Investigations regarding the impact of tumor biology after surgical management of colorectal liver metastasis have focused largely on overall survival. We investigated the impact of codon-specific KRAS mutations on the rates and patterns of recurrence in patients after surgery for colorectal liver metastasis...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Margonis GA,Kim Y,Sasaki K,Samaha M,Amini N,Pawlik TM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy was applied to 14 esophageal carcinomas with respiratory tract fistulas using various treatment regimens. Closure of the fistulas was observed in four cases after irradiation at a daily dose of 1.5 Gy. The period of closure was transient in two cases but long-term in the other two. One long-term closure c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Yamada S,Takai Y,Ogawa Y,Kakuto Y,Sakamoto K

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective immunocytochemical study of prolactin, growth hormone, ACTH, TSH and gonadotropins was performed on 150 pituitary adenomas from 142 patients and the results were correlated with clinical manifestations. There were 60 prolactin-positive tumors, 13 growth hormone-positive tumors, nine ACTH-positive tumors ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Mukai K

更新日期：1983-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 175 premenopausal breast cancer patients, a history of oral contraceptive (OC) use before 20 years of age was significantly associated with higher tumor cell proliferative activity, as indicated by a higher S-phase fraction (SPF), and a higher fraction of DNA aneuploid tumors, compared with later or never users (P ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Olsson H,Ranstam J,Baldetorp B,Ewers SB,Fernö M,Killander D,Sigurdsson H

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a patient with pancreatic carcinoma who developed pancreatic ascites after intraoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) biopsy. This complication of FNAC has not previously been reported to the authors' knowledge. The literature is reviewed, and FNAC is shown to be the safest method of p...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rosenbaum DA,Frost DB

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 30 years, changes in the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer have led to substantial improvements in survival. Although treatment-related factors have been shown to impact subsequent health status and quality of life, there is limited information on survivors who are now two or more decad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Robison LL,Green DM,Hudson M,Meadows AT,Mertens AC,Packer RJ,Sklar CA,Strong LC,Yasui Y,Zeltzer LK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study is a clinicopathologic report on 64 patients with primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder and urachus, with particular reference to important prognostic and therapeutic factors. All tumors exhibited adenocarcinomatous features in at least two thirds of the examined tumor area. Pure forms of the differe...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Anderström C,Johansson SL,von Schultz L

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released quality measures regarding potentially avoidable hospitalizations visits in the 30 days after receipt of outpatient chemotherapy. This study evaluated the proportions of patients treated by Medicare-reimbursed clinicians and Veterans Health Ad...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Gidwani-Marszowski R,Faricy-Anderson K,Asch SM,Illarmo S,Ananth L,Patel MI

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study examines 1) the sensitivity of detection and 2) sampling and screening/diagnostic error in the cytologic diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) of the cervix. The data were taken from public and private sector screening laboratories reporting 25,000 and 80,000 smears, respectively, each ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Schoolland M,Segal A,Allpress S,Miranda A,Frost FA,Sterrett GF

更新日期：2002-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid tumor growth is caused by angiogenesis factors, growth factors, etc. We previously reported a possible connection between nitric oxide (NO) and enhanced vascular permeability in solid tumor. In the present experiment, the role of NO in solid tumor pathology was further investigated in animal tumor. ME...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Doi K,Akaike T,Horie H,Noguchi Y,Fujii S,Beppu T,Ogawa M,Maeda H

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00