Anaplastic giant-cell carcinoma of the thyroid. A study of treatment and prognosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current study assessed the contribution of spinal irradiation to the treatment outcome of patients with intracranial germinoma. METHODS:Clinical data from 180 patients with intracranial germinoma, who were treated with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy from 1980 to 2001, were collected from 6 institution...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shikama N,Ogawa K,Tanaka S,Toita T,Nakamura K,Uno T,Ohnishi H,Itami J,Tada T,Saeki N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can be treated effectively with tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy directed at BCR-ABL, but access to care, medication cost, and adherence may be barriers to treatment. This study was designed to determine whether the insurance status at diagnosis influences CML patient outcomes...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Perry AM,Brunner AM,Zou T,McGregor KL,Amrein PC,Hobbs GS,Ballen KK,Neuberg DS,Fathi AT

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclin D1 expression has been reported in a subset of patients with diffuse large B-cell leukemia (DLBCL), but studies have been few and generally small, and they have demonstrated no obvious clinical implications attributable to cyclin D1 expression. METHODS:The authors reviewed 1435 patients who were diag...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ok CY,Xu-Monette ZY,Tzankov A,O'Malley DP,Montes-Moreno S,Visco C,Møller MB,Dybkaer K,Orazi A,Zu Y,Bhagat G,Richards KL,Hsi ED,Han van Krieken J,Ponzoni M,Farnen JP,Piris MA,Winter JN,Medeiros LJ,Young KH

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors have noted that in cervical cytology specimens from perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, the diagnosis of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US), as defined in the Bethesda system, is often not associated with a clinically evident lesion on follow-up. Reflex human papil...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Johnston EI,Logani S

更新日期：2007-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the breast found in the pathology files of the Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, for a period of 25 years (from 1961 to 1985) were analyzed. During the same period 5711 cases of breast carcinoma were seen. Seven cases were diffuse lymphomas, and one case was...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lamovec J,Jancar J

更新日期：1987-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of arterially administering an oily anticancer agent was successfully established for the selective targeting of metastatic lymph nodes. A high molecular weight anticancer agent, a conjugate of copolymer (styrene maleic acid) to neocarzinostatin (SMANCS) was prepared in our laboratory and dissolved in a l...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ohtsuka N,Konno T,Miyauchi Y,Maeda H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors retrospectively searched for human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 in 60 cases of carcinoma arising from the nasal cavities (NC) and paranasal sinuses (PS) by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on DNA extracted from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. In cases of SCC (n = 49), the author...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Furuta Y,Takasu T,Asai T,Shinohara T,Sawa H,Nagashima K,Inuyama Y

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with renal cell carcinoma brain metastases (RCCBM) are frequently excluded from trials and to the authors' knowledge no guidelines currently exist regarding central nervous system (CNS) surveillance or treatment. The objective of the current study was to assist in the creation of treatment guideline...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shuch B,La Rochelle JC,Klatte T,Riggs SB,Liu W,Kabbinavar FF,Pantuck AJ,Belldegrun AS

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in the early detection of prostatic adenocarcinoma have stimulated interest in the development of techniques for determining metastatic potential. METHODS:One hundred cases of adenocarcinoma, including 66 biopsy and radical prostatectomy specimens; 20 biopsies alone; and 14 transurethral res...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ross JS,Nazeer T,Church K,Amato C,Figge H,Rifkin MD,Fisher HA

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer and its treatment lead to increased financial distress for patients. To the authors' knowledge, to date, no standardized patient-reported outcome measure has been validated to assess this distress. METHODS:Patients with AJCC Stage IV solid tumors receiving chemotherapy for at least 2 months were recr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： de Souza JA,Yap BJ,Wroblewski K,Blinder V,Araújo FS,Hlubocky FJ,Nicholas LH,O'Connor JM,Brockstein B,Ratain MJ,Daugherty CK,Cella D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin has been reported to enhance the cell-killing effect of radiation. The current study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of radiotherapy combined with cisplatin in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma. METHODS:Forty-one patients with pancreatic carcinoma that was unr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Okusaka T,Okada S,Tokuuye K,Wakasugi H,Saisho H,Ishikawa O,Matsuno S,Sato T,Sato K,Non-surgical Treatment Group for Pancreatic Cancer in Japan.

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire evaluating attitudes towards cancer (the Cancer Attitudes Questionnaire) was constructed to compare the attitudes of first-year medical students before and after taking a clinical oncology program with those of students who did not participate in the program. A factor and reliability analysis revealed ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lebovits AH,Croen LG,Goetzel RZ

更新日期：1984-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors tested the hypothesis that the metabolic syndrome (> or =3 of the following components: high blood pressure, increased waist circumference, hypertriglyceridemia, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or diabetes/hyperglycemia) is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. METHODS:Data fr...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Ahmed RL,Schmitz KH,Anderson KE,Rosamond WD,Folsom AR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remaining tissue of the tracheobronchial tree from 210 men who died from lung cancer was studied to compare the histologic alterations leading to further sites of primary cancer. These men were uranium miners matched with nonminers for age and smoking habits. In the examination of a total of 28,928 cross-sections ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Auerbach O,Saccomanno G,Kuschner M,Brown RD,Garfinkel L

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study assessed the impact of surgical, histopathologic and patient-related factors on the risks of local and distant recurrence and overall survival for patients with stages I through IIIA nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) undergoing definitive resection with or without adjuvant chemotherapy. METHOD...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Varlotto JM,Recht A,Flickinger JC,Medford-Davis LN,Dyer AM,Decamp MM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Turcot's syndrome is a rare, genetically transmittable disease in which patients with colonic polyposis (possibly complicated by the progression to adenocarcinoma) have malignant central nervous system neoplasms. Dominant, recessive, and sporadic cases have been described. A 26-year-old man is reported with no relevan...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Newton HB,Rosenblum MK,Malkin MG

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African American men experience worse prostate cancer outcomes compared with those of Caucasian men, not only in incidence and mortality rates, but also in coping with the side effects of treatment. Unfortunately, African American men have been significantly under-represented in research evaluating the efficacy of psy...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Campbell LC,Keefe FJ,Scipio C,McKee DC,Edwards CL,Herman SH,Johnson LE,Colvin OM,McBride CM,Donatucci C

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The short term addition of nandrolone decanoate to combination chemotherapy given to patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer was evaluated in a randomized, prospective trial. Patients were treated with doxorubicin 50 mg/M2 intravenously, cyclophosphamide 300 mg/M2 intravenously, CCNU 50 mg/M2 orally, vin...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Chlebowski RT,Herrold J,Ali I,Oktay E,Chlebowski JS,Ponce AT,Heber D,Block JB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monitoring utility of serial patterns of a single marker (carcinoembryonic antigen) level and multiple marker (three carbohydrates-fucose, mannose and galactose) levels in patients with small cell carcinoma of the lung was investigated using a quantitative approach. A serial multiple regression (SMR) model was for...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Woo KB,Waalkes P,Abeloff MD,Ettinger DS,McNitt KL,Gehrke CW

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose was to compare the differential expression of Survivin in normal bladder tissue, bladder transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of different stages, and to determine whether expression of Survivin is associated with TCC clinical outcomes. METHODS:Immunohistochemical staining for Survivin was carried ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Shariat SF,Ashfaq R,Karakiewicz PI,Saeedi O,Sagalowsky AI,Lotan Y

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematologic factors of 16 female patients with breast carcinoma who had received adjuvant chemotherapy with L-phenylalanine-based programs for two years were compared with those for 13 normal female volunteers of similar age. The findings include significant suppression of the mean hemoglobin level, of leukocyte c...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Corder MP,Jochimsen PR

更新日期：1982-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six patients with polycythemia vera were treated with hydroxyurea for 12 to 67 months. Nineteen patients were previously treated with other drugs. In the vast majority of patients, an average dose of 1 g/day was sufficient to control hematocrit value and platelet count. Half of the patients experienced relief o...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Sharon R,Tatarsky I,Ben-Arieh Y

更新日期：1986-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of cancer resembles that of many other diseases in that multiple factors may be required. Because of this, the role or viruses in the etiology of human cancers is especially difficult to assess. When animal tumor systems were used as models, the roles of various predisposing characteristics in virus oncog...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Rapp F,Reed CL

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 314 children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) were reviewed to determine the frequency, clinical and laboratory features; contributing factors; and prognosis of cyclophosphamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis. Twenty-five well-documented cases of hemorrhagic cystitis were identified. While most of th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Lawrence HJ,Simone J,Aur RJ

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alpha-interferon and dexamethasone are each effective in patients with multiple myeloma and have a combined inhibitory effect on the in vitro growth of myeloma colonies. The effect of combined therapy in newly diagnosed patients is unknown. METHODS:Fifty-one consecutive patients with previously untreated mu...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Weber D,Delasalle KB,Alexanian R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating immune complexes (CIC) have been implicated as a cause of malignancy-associated immunosuppression and disease progression. Previous attempts to remove CIC by pheresis or immunoadsorption over a Staphylococcus aureus protein A column have resulted in a few clinical responses, however the relations...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fennelly DW,Norton L,Sznol M,Hakes TB

更新日期：1995-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period from September, 1976 to June, 1979, 70 patients with locoregional or extensive epidermoid carcinoma of the esophagus were treated with the two-drug combination of cisplatin and bleomycin (DB). For the 43 patients with locoregional disease (LRD), DB was used prior to surgery and/or radiation therapy; ...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Coonley CJ,Bains M,Hilaris B,Chapman R,Kelsen DP

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Kaposi sarcoma (KS) initially was described over a century ago, its biology remains enigmatic and conflicting. Whereas the classic type occurs mainly in older men of Mediterranean or Eastern European backgrounds and is not linked to impairment of the host immune response, iatrogenic and human immuno...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Iscovich J,Boffetta P,Franceschi S,Azizi E,Sarid R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary adenocarcinoma of the duodenum is rare. An extensive experience with fiberoptic esophagogastro-duodenoscopy in our institution has indicated that duodenal neoplasms may be more frequent than suspected and are readily diagnosed by this modality. With this mind, clinical, pathological, diagnostic and therapeutic...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Spira IA,Ghazi A,Wolff WI

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disposition of many drugs in obesity is altered, although little is known of the effect of obesity on the pharmacokinetics of anti-cancer drugs. In this report the authors describe the pharmacokinetics of high-dose methotrexate in an obese woman (184% ideal body weight) with osteosarcoma. For this patient, both th...

journal_title：Cancer

authors： Fleming RA,Eldridge RM,Johnson CE,Stewart CF

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00